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