TV BY S. B E0 CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1860. vol. r.-m. 7; A WOBD TO THE WISE. Lnve hailed a Httls maid, -. Koinping through the meadow; Jleedlens in the sua she played, - : Scornful of the shadow. , , j . '-Come with me," whispered be; , .. ' Listen, sweet, to love and reason . . "By and by .' she mocked reply, Love's not in season.' -; , Years went, years came " Light mixed with shadow J " - , Love met the maid again, , - Dreaming through the meadow. 'ot so coy," urged the boy, ''List in time to love and reason ;" .'By and by," she inud reply, "Love's etill in seasin." ., Years went, years came : Light changed to shadow; Love saw the maid again, Waiting in the meadow. "Pass no more my dream is o"er 1 can listen now to reason ;" Keep the coy," mocked the boy, 'Love's out of season!" . - I ' CUPID AND CRISPIN. , A TAtE, 8HOWISO THE UTILITY OP LEATHER IS ' v AN AFFAIR OF LOVE. ' In the small sitting room of a small tavern, in one of the smallest villages of the very smallest of the Eastern States, on a certain summer afternoon, about twenty five years "go, a young man, known to bis limited cir cle of f riends and acquaintances by the name of Tom Winchell, was pacing backward and forward with an uneasy and discontented air. As ho was young, good, looking and unmar ried, it would have been difficult for the most acute stranger to guess the cause of his troub le. Yet some explanation might have been found in the despairing look which be often least upon his feet, which (although they as well as the appertaining legs were remarkably handsome) were arrayed in a pair of shatter ed and decayed bait boots, of that class which in earlier times were called "nullifiers." Tom Winchell's meditations were interrup ted by the sound ot a cheerful melody, whis tled by a person who at that juncture entered the room with a pair of patent leather boots, which he had just Gnisbed for the landlord of the tavern.' This person was Jack .Hutchin son, an artist of much skill in that useful branch of industry called cordwaining, and able'to construct anything in his line of busi ness, from a Brobdinagian boot, fit for a fash ionable gentleman to kick his creditors out of doors w ith, dowu to a Lilliputian slipper, suit able for a lady dancer, with heels as light as her Jiead. Jack Hutchinson perfectly understood all the mysteries of "pegged work," and he could fasten on hoot-soles so expeditiously by this process that nothing could be more surprising except their aptitude for coining off again. But lie had a heart capable of friendship far more enduring than his handiwork in leather ; and of the devotedness of that friendship the argument of our story presents a memorable example. Having some acquaintance with Tom Win chell, Mr. Hutchinson now opened a conver sation with him, by saying, "Good afternoon Mr. Winchell; going to tho ball next Wed nesday ?" This ball, which was to be a very fash ionahlo affair, was to "come off" at the principal saloon of the village situated In the second story ot Baxley's hotel ; and this grand event was the very subject of Tom's reflections at the timo he was addressed by Mr. Hutchin son. He answered with a profound sigh, "It was my intention to go, and I have even bo't a ticket ; but to tell you the melancholy truth, Mr. Hutchinson, these wretched boots are the best articles I have to cover my feet, and I cannot think of appearing in them before all the select society of the neighborhood. To increase the misery of my disappointment, Henrietta Brundle, the prettiest girl in the county, and one of the richest, will be there, and I counted on my fine dancing and the graceful proportions of my lower extremities, to recommend myself to her favorable notice. But alas 1 what are the most symmetrical legs and feet without presentable shoes and stock- ings? -I'm in as bad a fix, you perceive, as Cinderella herself; and still more unlucky than she was because I have no obliging old witch of a grandmother to give me a pair of glass slippers, or even morocco ones. The worst of it is, Mr. Hutchinson", that I'm pre- j cions hard up' at this time, or I should imme diately give you an order for a pair of dancing pumps, as you are the only man in this sec- j tion of the country who knows how to get up such an article in the proper style." Now this state of being "hard up" was known to be a sort of constitutional peculiar ity with Mr. Winchell, though, among the provident and industrious inhabitants of the Kastern States, such a trait is a very notable singularity. Tom's address had the desired effect upon the heart of tho generous and gifted cordwainer, who immediately offered to supply Mr. Winchell with a pair of pumps, and to wait for payment until something should "turn up." On the important Wednesday evening, the grand saloon over Mr. Bailey's bar room was lighted up by a dazzling display of sperma ceti candles, and all the windows were draped with new enrtains of red bombazine and white book muslin, purchased expressly lor the oc casion. The fiddler turned up, the company poured in, and the reigning belle, Miss Henri etta Brundle, appeared in a perfect blaze of beauty and rose colored ribbons. By her side as seated Mr. Larkm Brown, the enamoured owner of the largest and finest farm in the ineighborbood, though his appearance was somewhat of the gawky and chuckle-headed style. But when Tom Winchell approached ,and politely xequested the honor of her hand iiQ the danoe, Henrietta glanced first at Tom's .captivating dancing apparatus, (set off to the .best advantage by the workmanship of Mr. tllutchtnson,) aud then casting her eyes at the ihuge cowhide boots of Tom's wealthy but Wasteless rival, she unhesitatingly stood up as Mr. Winchell's partner. P Tom was a perfect adept in the art of dan cing, and this evening he snrpassed all his previous performances. The rich rival in the cowhide boots alternately became purple with 'age, and pale with mortification, as he saw Tom and Miss Brundle stand up together for everal dances in succession. But he was completely paralyzed, when at the conclusion or the ball, the young lady graciously accept it as her hoaiew(l escort. During the aik, Tom made a declaration of his love, and was given to understand that Henrietta sen Wh 3 corrcsPnded very nearly with bis own. li r , 7 reacne1 tbe commodious dwel ling of old Brundle, (who owned most of the ground on which the village stood,) Henrietta invited her companion to come in and rest ntmseif ; and Thomas, of course, did not re fuse. But he had scarcely been seated five minutes, when old Brundle himself entered the apartment, and regarded Mr. Winchell at first with a look of surly astonishment, which was soon changed to a stare of unmistakable displeasure. He knew the young man by sight, and being acquainted with Tom's habitual deficiency of cash, ho did not desire to see him on terms of intimacy with his daughter. So without, any unnecessary circumlocution, Mr. Brundle ex claimed: - "Henrietta, what do you mean by bringing tins worthless puppy into my house ? If you do not know how to choose your company, I must choose for you; and so I insist on your dropping Mr. n mchell's acquaintance iruroe diately. And I warn him to make himself tbe greatest possible rarity about my premises. jso replies, young man there's the door!" Of course, Tom had no alternative but to depart; so he bowed to Henrietta, looked vindictively at old Brundle, put on his hat and disappeared. lie observed, as he left the room, that Henrietta burst into tears, and this was some consolation ; but for several days aiterward he sought in vain for an opportunity to exchange a word with her. He sent a boy witn a letter tor miss jurundie, cautioning him to deliver when unobserved by any one else ; but her watchful parent was not to be over reached. He tore the note to pieces and cow- hided the messenger, who came back bellow ing to make his employer acquainted with his ill success. . . '. Soon after this incident, Tom again encoun tered his shoemaker friend, Jack HutcJiinson, and in requital for his confidence in trusting him with the dancing pnmps, Tom intrusted Mr. If. with the secret of his present trouble. , "I have written a letter," continued Tom, "persuading Henrietta to elope with me, and, if 1 could only convey that letter to her hands, every thing will turn ont well." "Trust your letter to me," cried Hutchin son, warmly ; "I have just finished a pair of shoes lor Miss Brundle, (a prettier foot and ankle, by the way, never came nnder my ob servation,) and I'll put the important paper into the toe of one of them, when I send them home." Torn gladly and thankfully gave his letter to Mr. Hutchinson, and it was safely trans mitted in the manner specified to Henrietta, who sent her lover an answer by tbe same messenger, and in the same manner, intiroa- ting,as a pretense for returning the shoe which had performed the office of mailbag, that it was too tight at the toe, and required a little stretching. It so happened that on the same afternoon Mr. Brundle inquired of bis daughter wheth er the shoes which she had just received were good ones, as he had some notion of engaging Mr. Hutchinson to make him a pair of long boots. "Oh, you can't find a more trustworthy shoemaker," earnestly replied Henrietta, "or one who better understands his business. I'm sure I never in my life had a pair of shoes that gave me so much satisfaction as those he has Just made for me." This strong recommendation induced the old gentleman to give Hutchinson bis meas ure, insisting that the boots should be finished and delivered on the following afternoon. The boots were ready for use at tbe time sp cified, and while Mr. Brundle was trying them on, Henrietta first found an opportunity to leave the house unobserved ; and with a band box on one arm and a bundle under the other, she repaired to the spot where it had been ar ranged in the above mentioned epistolary cor respondence that she should meet Mr. Win chell. Bui a laborer in the employment ot old Brundle happened to bo at work in a field near the place of meeting, and seeing Henri etta in company with Winchell, he hastened to give his employer notice of the fact. The old gentleman, who had just pulled on his new boots, started np, and grasping a huge oaken cudgel, trodc off to the designated spot taking a short route, of which Henrietta, in tho hurry and confusion of her flight, had for gotten to avail herself. As be was a rapid walker,and the young people were unconscious of his approach, it is highly probable that he might have surprised them before they were fairly started, broken Tom's head, and taken Henrietta home again, but for the following circumstances : Jack llutchinson.with admi rable foresight, and with a constant determi nation to serve his friend, had left some huge pegs as sharp as poignards sticking up in the heels of Brundle's boots, and these so impe ded his progress that, after a painful run of two hundred yards, he was obliged to stop at the side of the road, take off the boots, and flatten the wooden spikes with a stone. The delay enabled the young couple to make good their escape, and the first intelligence from them was a letter from Mrs. Winchell, announcing her marriage and begging her father's forgivness. This tho old gentleman angrily withheld for about a year ; but on hearing that he had a grandson named after himself, he began to relent, and soon after in vited bis daughter and son-in-law to take np their abode beneath his roof. From this time forward Tom Winchell lived in ease and afflu ence, and he and his wife always expressed the deepest gratitude to that paragon of shoe makers to whoso kind offices they were indebt ed for all their happiness. Mr. Hutchinson was awarded for his active and devoted friendship, not only by being paid for his dancing pumps, but by almost constant employment in furnishing shoes and boots for a very numerous flock of juvenile Winchells. In regard to the next Congressional Ap portionment we would say, the Constitution does not fix the number of Representatives in Congress, but an existing law does fix it at 233, and that will be tho number to control the next apportionment. It is generally ex pected, that the aggregate population under the present census will bo found to beibetween thirty and thirty-three millions; for the pur poses of apportionment, making the constitu tional deduction for slaves, it will not probab ly exceed thirty millions. Dividing this by 233, we shall have aboul 128,500 as the ratio for a representative. A member will be given to tbe faction in a State that exceeds half tbe above ratio. No More J. B's.' John Brown, Jerry Black and James Buchanan being done for, the peo ple don't want John Breckinridge or John , Bell. No more J. B's, if you please. I CARL SCHTJBZ. r We find in an exchange the following inter esnng sketch of the life of Carl Scburz. He was born 32 years ago, in Bonn on the Rhine in tne Prussian dominions. In 1849, he join ed the Constitutional army, and sharing in its ii-verses, was sentenced to death for high treason. For three days and nights, after the Prussians had entered Rastadt, he lay con cealed in a shed, on a beam or rafter, just mue enougu io conceal his person from the eyes oi those who stood below. A guard of some Kind was stationed in the very house to wiucn mis snea belonged, and every night the soldiers assembled on the floor beneath his hi ding place, and danced to the music of the trumpet. On the fourth right a heavy shower oi rain gave mm the first opportunity of at tempting an escape, and he jumped from the rooi upon acnicKen-coop,which broke down un der him with a loud crash, though without at tracting the notice of the sentry who was, or ougm io nave been, out a few yards off. By the assistance of his friends he reached a sew er, and thus obtained the outside of the forti- hcations. Even here there was a sentry, but, by following closely behind him as he walked by, he managed to gain a cover before the sentry turned on his beat. He made his way to Paris, and remained there a considerable time, in the vain hope of a favorable turn in the affairs of his native country. In a little book published by the chief spy of Bona parte s ponce, ne received honorable mention as "the most audacious and most adroit" of the exiles, who, while constantly active, could never be ensnared into any act furnishing a pretext even to tho liberal conscience of a .Bonaparte for his extradition. At this time the public opinion of Germany was much a- roused by the cowardly vengeance wreaked by the Prussian Government on Godfrey Kinkel, a townsman of Schurz's. a professor. who had ioined the constitutional mnvomunt at the same time with himself. This man, a poet, of delicate frame, highly educated, and accustomed to all the refinements of life, was imprisoned at Berlin, dressed as a convict. his hair cropped short, and forced to labor at wool-carding, and to room and mess with telons. beburz, having determined to rescue him, repaired to London, collected the means, and made the arrangements. With a forged passport he traveled direct to Berlin, left his papers with the police over night, obtained a vise for some other town the next morning, and instead of proceeding, took lodging in a boarding-house. ' There he remained for six weeks, going to Spandau every day, and : re turning late at night, when the policeman was always so obliging as to unlock tbe door of his boarding-bouse for him. All the arrange ments having been completed, he carried off Kinkel in a coach one rainy night, together with his keeper. Relays of horses were in readiness from station to station, until they reached the sea shore, where a pilot-boat re ceived them. They landed at Hull or Yar mouth long before the government had the most remote idea of tbe prisoner's wherabouts. In 1851 Mr. Schurz came to this country, and took up his abode in Philadelphia. He was, at that time, almost ignorant of the English language. ibe necessity of learning our language becamo at once obvious, and tbe German exile set to work reading nothing but English. To his constant perusal of the daily papers, Mr. Schurz attributes much of his success m learning our language. He now speaks it with perfect fluency, correctness of pronounciation, and a familiarity with phrase ology. With the exception of Ruffini, the I talian writer, and Kossuth, no foreigner has more completely mastered tbe English. Af ter remaining in Philadelphia three or four years, Mr. Schurz removed to Wisconsin, and commenced the practice of the law at Milwau kee. His residence is, however, at Water town, some distance in the interior of tho State. It is only two or three years since Mr. Schurz made his first political speech in En glish, in one of the Western towns. He was successful, and since that time has spoken fre quently, in all parts of tbe country. His speech delivered at the Cooper institute was written on a Lake Erie steamboat, during a day's detention at Detroit by a storm. THE LITTLE JOKER. Douglas' soubriquet of the "Little Giant" seems destined to be soon superseded by the more appropriate one of the "Little Joker.' His facility in shifting himself from the Nor thern to the Southern, and then to tbe Squat ter Sovereignty thimbles, is remarkable. For nstance, now you of the North see him, as in bis speech before the people of Illinois : "It matters not what way the Supreme Court may decide the question, the people have con trol of it, for the reason that slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations ; these police regulations can . only be established by a local -Legislature, and if the people are op posed to slavery tbey can elect representatives to that body who will by unfriendly legisla tion, effectually prevent the Introduction of it nto their midst." And now you don't see him, or oughtn't to, as in this speech in the Senate, intended for the Southern ear alone : "Bear in mind that this question, touching the right of property in slaves, was referred to the Territorial Courts, with right of appeal to the Supreme Court. When that case shall a riso, and the Court pronounce its judgment, it will be binding, and the army, navy, and mili tia must be used to carry it into effect." And so goes tbe little joker, and you never know where to find him. Now you see him, as at a ctam-bake in Rhode Island, declaring his preference for clams to Southern niggers, and now you don't see him, as when hard questions are propounded to bim in Maine. Now you see him in Virginia, or North Caro lina, under the Southern thimble; and now you don't see him, for he has gone North, and has again got under tbe Northern thimble. Now you see bim stumping the country for the Presidency, but after November you won't see any more of him for tbe remainder of his life. So watch the little joker while he is in sight. A blacksmith, having been slandered, was advised to apply to the Courts for redress. He replied with true wisdom, "I shall never sue anybody for slander ; I can go into my shop and work out a better character in six months than I could get in a court house in a year." Others should follow his example. Two blacksmiths In Brooklyn, N. T., had a duel with sledge hammers the other day, and both were fatally iDjured. OLD-TIME DEMOCRACY. ' "Slavery is an atrocious debasement of hu man nature." Dr. Y,.fc,- "Slavery is contrary to the law of nature an1 r r . u. uauons." tvuiiam Wirt. ' "It is wroner to admit int.n th Pnnit;tnfiAn O - ww suw VVllUtlbUVlVU the idea that there can be property in man." '-' "We have found that thta ril al preyed upon the very vitals of the Union, and o ueen prejudicial 10 an tne states." James Monroe. i : . . "I never won M havn ifratrn mv aiwrnrA t fhn cause of America, if I could have conceived tkni At V ... vudb mereoy i was Helping to found a nation or Slaves." Lafavetle. - - "Tho earth, which multiplies her prodnc- wvusj uuutr nie nanas or tne rrnn liorn lihnr. er, seems to Shrink into hnrrfnnas nmlor tha sweat of tbe slave." Dr. Bush. "It iS a debt We OWe to th nnrift- f nnp re ligion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants Slaverv. ftiv m T.ih y vrgio me jeaui i faincie tlenry. : 2o long as God allows the vital current to flow through, tnv veins. I will naver. nnvor. never, by word or thought, by mind or will, iu iu uuiuuDg one rod oi iree territory to the everlasting curse of human bondage." "Slavery stifles industry and represses en terprise : . it is fatal to economv and P dCnce : It dlSCOUraces fikill- imnnira nnr o - t Strength as a Community, and nnisnna mnrali W J 7 -w.. . . I . . . . ... at meir iountam neaa." Judge U as ton, of iifi Carolina. - - "Your late Durchase of an estate with a vinw of emanciDatin? the slaves on it. ia a ceneronii au uouie prooi oi your numaniiy. would io God a like snirit rnifrht difTn.se itself pener&llv r A 4 1 - . m ... - iniu me minas oi tne people ot tnis country ivasnmeion's Letter to lafavette. "It would reioio.ft mv vorv srtnl ' Hint avarv One of mv fellow-heins va pmancinatol Ya ought to lament and deplore the necessity of noiuing our ieuow-men in bondage. Believe me I shall honor the Ouakcrs for their nnhlA enoris to abolish slavery." rartick Henry. "One hour of American Slavery is fraught with more miser v than a?is nf that whirh nnr fathers rose In rebellion to oppose " . . . tremble for my country when I remember that wi is just, and man 111s justice cannot sleep forever. A revolution is am one possible e- vents. The Almighty has no attribute which would side tvith us in such a struggle." Tho- n ft m TaTjvvvvm ' ' --if... "My opposition to the extension of slavery JS A. A I 1 a 1 It 1 J . mm uai.es iariuer oacis man ion ioriy years lur ther back ; and as this is a suitable time for a general declaration, and a sort of ireneral con science delivery, I will say," that my opposi- A! A. Ta. 1 t r a m- iiuu io it uaies irom iou4, wnen I was a stu dent at law in the State of Tpnnpsspn. and studied the subject of African Slavery in an American book a Virginia book Tucker's Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries. Tho mas H. Benton. "Sir. I envv neither the heart nor thft head of that man from the North who rises hero to defend Slavery on principle." . . "1 give to my slaves their freedom to which my con science tells me they are justly entitled. It has a long time been a matter of the deepest regret to me, that the circumstances under which I inherited them, and the obstacles thrown in the way by the laws of the land, have nrevented mv pmanrinnfinir thfm in mr life time, which it is my full intention to do in case I can accomplish it." John Randolph. THE STATE OF EUROPE. A great if not general European war seems to be imminent and scarcely avoidable. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is completely n the hands ot Garibaldi and the Sardinians, and the States of the Church are fast follow ing in the footsteps of their Southern neigh bor. The City of Rome and two or three outposts are still held for the Pope by a rench army ; . but the rapal host, under La- moriciere, has been utterly routed and is no longer available for any military purpose. The flight of the rope of bpain to Anstria is be lieved to be close at hand, upon which it is supposed that the French will quietly abandon the Eternal City itself to the victorious army, which will then be master of all Italy but the north-eastern corner, strongly held by Aus tria, studded with fortresses and bristling bayonets. Against this iron wall, it may fair ly be presumed that Victor Emanuel and Ca- vour will hesitate to preci pate their legions; but can Garibaldi and his flushed companions be likewise restrained by tbe dictates of pru dence? Having liberated Southern Italy by what every one would have branded as sheer madness had they failed, will tbey begin now to weigh probabilities and calculate chances 1 When the thousand who bo nobly yet so rash ly responded to the appeal of Sicily are swelled to One Hundred Thousand, are tbey likely to turn a deaf ear to the frantic outcries of Ven etia? We believe they will rush straightway upon her oppressors that Austria will there upon declare war against Sardinia that tbe fleet of Young Italy will forthwith transport a revolutionary expedition to tbe coast of Dalmatia, and that Kossuth will once more a rouso Hungary to a struggle for liberty and nationality Then if the Czar should once more cast the heavy sword of Russia into the Austrian scale, Louis Napoleon will be com pelled to march to the defense of Italy, and thus the flames of war will sweep from Etna to the Caucasus. Such is tbe prospect opened by the thrill ing events which successive arrivals have dis closed so rapidly that they seem rather like the incident of some extravegant romance than like those of sober history. Tbe Italy of a few years since was but (as Metternich said) (a geographical expression;" the Italy of to-day is a nation of Twenty Millions, who ask only of the rest of mankind to be allowed to Incorporate with themselves the Five Mil lions still held in chains by Austria, while frantically desirous of becoming an integral part of the Italian nation. The Austrian and tbe Czar may have power to defeat their ar dent wishes, but not without a fearful effusion of blood. Manifestly, the events of 1861 will be more momentous than those of 1859 or of 1860. Tbe elder Napoleon's prediction that "Within half a century, Europe will have become Republican or Cossack," extravagant though it was, seems again in a fair way to ward realization. Should Louis Napoleon permit the Austrians to re-establish the abso lute sway of the Pope and tbe King of Naples over the fairer half of Italy, his prestige is gone for ever, and his throne will crumble at tho first breath of popular discontent. But lie cannot bo so short-sighted as to p rem it this. NEW-LIGHT DEMOCRACY. "The Democracv' is the same evervwhero : North, South, East, and West. It seeks the ascendancy of the same principles, and the success oi me same measures, in all sections. tv astiington Union. "The Democrats of the South In the present canvass cannot rely on the old ground of de fence and excuse for Slavery, for they seek not merely to maintain it where it is, but to extend it into regions where it is unknown." Richmond Inquirer. 'The 'Democracy is national. It is the same In Maine and Massachusetts that it is in Virginia and S. Carolina." Jtlbany drgus. "Nor will it avail us anght to show that the negro is most happy and best situated in the condition of Slavery. If we stop there, we weaken our cause by the very argument inten ded to advance it ; for tr projwse to take into Territories human beings unfit for liberty, self- governmentf and equal association with other men.' We must eo a step further. We must show that Afriean slavery is a moral, religions, natural, and probably, io the general, a neces sary institution of society." Richmond In quirer. "We rejoice fn onr candidates as national in our principles as national the same every where." Senator Bright. 'Make tbe laboring man the slave of one man instead of the slave of society, and he would be better off. . . Two hundred years of liberty have made white laborers a pauper banditti. ... Free society has failed, and that which is not free must be substantial." Senator Mason, of Virginia. "The platform on which we have placed our candidates is no sectional thing. It is broad enough to cover, and does cover, the whole U nion. Its principles are the same in the free and in the slave States.' Senator Hunter. "Free society is a monstrous abortion, and Slavery the beautiful, bealtby, and natural be ing which they are trying to adopt. . . The Slaves are governed far better than the Free la borers of the North. Our Slaves are not only better off as to physical comfort than Free labor ers, but their moral condition is belter." Rich mond Inquirer. .-; "I trust tbe day will come when the princi ples of Democracy, as understood and prac ticed at tbe South, will prevail over the coun try." Senator Jb vans. "Men are not born entitled to equal rights. It would be nearer the truth to say that some were born with saddles on their backs, and oth ers booted and spurred to ride them, and tbe riding docs them good. . . Life and liber ty are not inalienable. . . The Declaration of Independence is exuberantly false and abo rescently fallacious." Richmond Inquirer. "anal! the Democratic party tear this Issue to oppose the extension of Slavery 1 No, in deed ! There is not a single Democrat in the North opposed to the extension of Southern socie ty, or so-called extension of 'slavery, and they only await the truth spoken out, to sweep tbe Abolition atmosphere from tbe Republic, and bury its besotted tools in tbe profoundest depths the lowest possiblo depth ot public contempt." Aew-lork Day-Book, a Demo cratic paper. "Slavery exists in Kansas under tbe Consti tution." James Buchanan. "If the Constitution carries Slavery there (in the Territories,) without affirmative law, no power on earth can take it away." Doug las, at Chicago. A PHILADELPHIA PUNGENT. Judge Peters, a Philadelphian and a pun ster has left behind him a countless host of well remembered puns. Some few of his ra rest are well worth recording. A gentleman presenting his only son to the notice of the judge, said, "Here is my all." The boy was a long, thin, whey-faced strip ling, and tbe judge, looking in his face, said to the father, "Your awl, and your last too, I should suppose, but I cannot call him a strap ping fellow." When on the District Oourt Bench, he ob served to Judge Washington that one of tho witnesses had a vegetable head. "How so ?" was the inquiry. "He has carroty hair, red dish cheeks, a turnup nose, and a sage look." During one of the public days connected with Lafayette's' reception, the Judge was ri ding in an open carriage with the general, who regretted that be should be exposed to tbe annoyance arising from clouds ot flying dust "I am used to it," said Peters, "I am a judge, and have had dust thrown in my eyes by the awyers for many years." When practicing as a lawyer, be had a case on trial before a judge who was well known to Indulge In extraordinary derelictions from the truth. Tb is judge was evidently biased against eter s case, and while the jury was absent, and "considering their verdict, he wished to postpone the cause, pleading illness as an ex cuse, and declared that he was unable to sit on the bench. Peters saw the manoeuvre, and said, "If your worship cannot sit, ire know thai you can lie, and therefore you can receive the verdict in a reclining posture." He was appointed member of a building committee connected with the affairs of a new church. A wine merchant had made an ex cellent offer for the use of rhe vaults of the building, intending to nse them as the place of deposit 'for some of his immense stock. The liberal party were for accepting the offer, but the strict church-goers thought the affair was something of a desecration, and wished to decline it.' Peters sided with the latter party, and when his surprised friends de manded his reasons, "I have always thought it wrong," said he, "to allow any preaching orcr good wine." He attended the anniversary dinner at tne Cincinnati Society, on the 4th oi July, 1828; and when about to retire, be was assisted to wards the door of the room by one of the col ored waiters on bis left, and a gentleman, a member of the Society, supported bis totter ing steps upon tbe right. . The judge turned round to say farewell to his old acquaintances, and, looking at bis supporters, said "My friends, I take leave of you in black and while.' This was bis last pun in public, for be died in the course of tbe succeeding month. Merritt Stovall, of Middletown, Tenn., while suffering from insanity, killed his wife and four children with an axe, on Saturday night, ending tho terrible . tragedy by cutting his throat with a raaor, and, to make assurance double sore, drowned himself. An editor says "On our outside will be found some fine suggestions for raising pea ches." We suppose that on his inside may be found tbe peacbe themselves. , r, WHAT IT HAS DONE!! On the 16th of May, 18G0, Mr. Douglas made a great speech in the U. S. SenaU,- in which be magnified the triumphs of Popular Sover eignty for the cause of Slavery. This speech was made with a view of coaxing the Southern ers into supporting him for President at the then approaching Convention at Baltimore. While it failed of its object at the South, it has had the effect to open the eyes of North ern Democrats as to the real bearing of "non intervention" In reference to slavery.. We make the followtng extracts t "But," said Mr. Douglas, "we are told the necessary result of this doctrine of non-intervention, which gentlemen, by way of throwing ridicule upon it, call popular sovereignty, is to deprive the South of all participation in what they call the common Territory of the United States. That was the ground on which the gentleman from Mississippi, (Mr. Davis,) pre dicated his opposition to the Com worn i so Measure or 1850. He regarded a refusal to re peal tbe Mexican law as equivalent to the Wil mot Proviso; a refusal to deny to a Territo rial Legislature the right to exclude slavery aa equivolent to an exclusion, lie believed at that time that this doctrine did amount to a denial of Southern rights; but they doabted it. Now let me see how far his predictions and suppositions have been verified. I infer that he told the people so, for he ruakea it a charge in his bill of indictment against me, mat i am no&tne to southern rights, because I gave those votes. Now, what has been tha result ? My views were incorporated into tbe Compromise Measure of I860, and his were re jected. Has the South been excluded from all the Territory acquired from Mexico?. What says the bill from the House of Representa tives now on your table, repealing: tbe slave code in New Mexico established by the people themselves ? It is a part ot the history of the country, that nnder this doctrine of non-intervention, this doctrine that you delight to call squatter sovereignty, the people of New Mex ico nave introduced and protected Slavery in the whole of that territory, more than fue times the size of the Slate of New York. Under this doc trine, Slavery has been extended from the Rio Grande to the Gulf of California, and from the line of the Republic of Mexico, not only up ta Zb 30, but up to 38 deg. giving you a degree and a half more Slave territory than you eter claimed. In 1848, 1849 and 1850 you only asked to have the line of 36 d. 30 ra. The Nashville Con vention fixed that as its ultimatum. I offered it in tbe Senate in August, 1848, and it was a dopted here, but rejected in tbe House of Rep resentatives. You asked only up to 3G d; 30 m., and noa-intervention has given yon slave territory up to 38 d., a degree and a half mora than you asked ; and yet you say that this is a sacrifice of Southern rights ? "These are the fruits of this principle which the Senator from Mississippi regards as-bostilo to the rights of tbe South. Where did: yea ever get; any other fruits that were more- pal atable to your tastes or more refreshing to your strength ? What other inch of Fnce terri tory has been converted into Slave TerritoryjOn the American continent, since the Revolution jex cept in New Mexico and Arizona under the prin ciple of non-intervention affirmed at Charleston. If it be true that this principle of non-intervention has conferied upon you all that im mense Territory ; protected Slavery in that comparatively Northern and cold regionkwhero you did not expect to go, cannot you trust the same principle further south when you come to acquire additional territory from Mexico V If it is true that this principle of non-intervention has given to Slavery all New Mexico, which was surrounded on nearly every side by. Free territory, will not the same principlo protect you in the Northern States of Mexico, when they are acquired, since they are now sur rounded by Slave territory ; are several; hun dred miles further south ; have many degrees of greater heat, and have a climate and- soil a dapted to Southern products ? Are- you nU satisfied with these practical results V This is tho language of Mr. Douglas, him self. It shows up in a strong light the- fallacy of popular sovereignty. Let every moa read and consider well tbe above extracts. During the last war, a quaker was on- board an American ship, engaged in close combat with an enemy. He preserved his peace prin ciples calmly, until he saw a stout Briton coming up the vessel by a ropo that hung overboard. Seizing a hatchet, the quaker looked over tbe side of the ship, and remark ed: "Friend, if thee wants that rope v thee may have it!" When suiting the action to the words, he cut the rope, and down went) tho poor fellow to a deep and watery grave. Goi.no to Heaven via Arkansas. -Wnere are you going ?" said a young gentleman to an elderly one in a white cravat, whom he o- vertook a few miles lrom Little Rock, Arkan sas. "I am going to heaven, my soa; I have been on tbe way 18 years." "Well, goodbye old fellow, if you have been travelling towards heaven 18 years and got no nearer to. it than Arkansas, I'll take another route." Sixty years ago, a naval officer wishiag to cross from Staten Island to Bergen, vould. find no person willing to undertake the job save a barefooted boy, who, despite the roughness of the sea, bravely rowed him to the place ol des tination. The officer was so pleased witn nta pluck that he got him a situation on a steam er, and that boy is Cornelius Vandcrbilt, w!jo is now worth over $12,000,000. Tbe efforts that hare been recently taade- ft London to mitigate the "social evil," appeal to have met with almost unexpected success. Twenty-three hundred fallen women Lava been gathered at tho midnight meeting. Many of these have been permanently reclaim ed. Twenty-seven of them bare returoea tP their friends, one f them to New York city-.. At lt have rer.Aived certain news ia re gard to Walker. By the arrival of a U. S; Steamer, details of the execntion have been received, from which it appears that tea shots were fired into his body, amid the cheers of those assembled to witness the execution. Phllin of Mocedon founded a qqIobt ta Thrace, which be baptised by the nam e! the "Town of Rogues ;" and thither he troBsperw ed more than 2,000 sycophants, fab vritnea-. ses, and legal harpies. Wbat:s jography, Bill ?" "It's a tellin of forrin lands that we know nothin' about by 'cute chaps that's never seen 'era." Bi.ll got f government situation,. ' "V
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