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~; „T O DIY WIF.E.,
'Afar. from thee ! , The morning, breaks
.. .
Butporning brings no joys ,to me ;
Alas my spirit only ,wakes
To know, that I am far from thee !
n dreams t'stiw that.‘, blessed face, ,
,thou wert,nestlea'an, my 'breast;
lCtt '(lrettres,l felt, thy fond crnbraco , ,, )
And to my own thy heart was pressed.
`Afar from thee I 'Tis solitude,
Though smiling crowds around me be ;
'The kind, the beautiful, the good—
,' 1 . Fdit I can enlyithink of thee,.
For thee; the kindest, loveliest, best,
Myearliest, and my only one ;
Without thee I am all'unblegt,
• And wholly blest with thee alone.
Afar from thee 1., The words of praise
My ; listless car unheeded greet ;
,:What sweetest seemed in better,days,
(. Without thee seems no longer sweet ;
,The dearest joy, fame can bestow, ,
,-,
Is in thy .moistened eye to see '
And, in thy, cheek's unusual glow,
„!: Theu,deem'st tne not unworthy thee.
, Afar from thee] The night is come,
-! Btit eltiinborS from my pillow flee ;
cannot rest So far from home,
And my heart's home is, love, with thee!
Tkneel peforelhe throne f prayer,
And . then I know that thou art nigh ;
'For God, who secth everywhere, •
Benda on us both a watchful eye..
„Togethor',injiis love •embrace,
No distance can Our lorartS divide;
Forgotten quite the' mediate space,
I kneel thy kneeling form beside ; .
My tranquil frame then sinks tosleep,,
_But spars the spirit thr'aiid:frCe ; •
welconfie be night's sluMbere deep--
,
Forthen, uear love, I all With theert
A iVIOIIT WITH TILE JACOBIN, CLUB.
The 14dloy ing ts bn extract fr in a pot%er:iilly
• ''veritlen p iperin n late itutnher ol
, Auel -Muriron, orahn Advemucet ut n SlnteAtouti."
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I he narrator lens just cilenped from O . •10 th I y the
I , ml thylong Along through The dnrk
• tnnt:u Mid • nlleys, minhtenly enoou hie rei n Lrowd of
- tiara Culuney sktio cite mti Incur ty the 'prming
~t
__il the Jacoliime, Ile is compelled to Join thetu,ond
41 _ tit their r•ompaiiy Oh:elven ss lint follows:
Weriow plunged 'into the darkness of a
Vast pile* . oi'idently once a convent, and
` , .'tvltere the chillOf the massive walls struck'
io the inatiow. I felt asifwalkingthrough
• ~
a charnel-house. We hurried on; a trent-
Wing light toward the end of the immense
and lofty aisle, was our guide, and the
crowd, Icing familiar with the way,.rushed
cthibugh the intricacies, where so many
`,;fectof plonk's had trod . before them, and
:where perhaps many a deed that shunned
the day had been perpetrated. At length
' , :ti'spiral stair brought us to a long gallery,
"Where our entrance was marked-With a
. .';ithOut of congratulation; and tumbling o
ver the benches and each other, ;we at
- length took our seats in the highest part
Which, in - both the club and the National
'Assembly, was called, from its height, the
Meuntain, 'and from the, characters which
generally held it, WPS a mountain of flame.
In , the area below, once the nave, of the,
flames, sat the Jacobin club. I now, t
the,:first time, Saw the memorable and M
ter:'
riblitaasemblage. And neilling could, be'
more suited than its aspects to its deeds.
Theban Wits of such extent that a large ,
"'ilortion of it was hardly visible, arid the
few, lights which hung from the walls,
scarcely diSplayed even the, remainder.—,
The French love of decoration had no placel
here ; neither statues nor pictures, neither
gilding nor sculpture, relieved .the heavi
. ness - of the building; Nothing of the arts
was visible but their rudest specimens, the
drinief4 g ids of monks and martyrs, or the
, coarse blaCkeriing carvings of ti barbarous'
age. The hall was full; for the club con:
tamed nearly two thousand members, and
on this night all were present. Yet, ex- .
,'
capt the 'occasional erica , of approval or
anger when any speaker had concluded; ,
and the habitual ofevery huge as-,
scrnbly, 114 - Aught have been taken for a
host ofispectrea; the area had So entirely:
the aspect of a huge .; v4t, the air felt so i
thick a,ndthe gloom was so fecblytiispers
ed by. the, chandeliers,' ;All was septilCh-' •
raL- The chair of the president even stood
' On 'a tomb, an tintione structure Of black'
The:olevated stand,,froM which
the ,spealters generally addresSed the as
sembly.. had the strongest resemblanec'of
a settlfoNotttul i behind, it, coyeritag, the wall;
c .
suspended chainS and instrument ''
of torture of every horrible kind t used , in
+The dithATrits,\ Of 'old times;- ,
lhough'
:placed' theie for' •thesitkerof Contrast Witkr
7.'the'ritercies' of it more enlightened. • agd;
. ' i jet"enliiincin,g' the general idea' of a kinio
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''9l'lll-*luireu Oo,'addition: to render, thd,
hall+ , ofli the+ Jacobin. fearful. pibut- the , meet•L
inOwere.always, held at rtight;often.prdll
longed!ihroneli: the ,whole,night,,, Alwaya
- stormy, and -often sangdinary, ilaggera
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factions had risen midi a height, that
every meeting might be-only a prelude of
exile' or • the axe ; and the . deliberation of
this especial night must settle the question
Whether the monarch or the Jacobin club
was to ascend the scaffold. It was the de
bate on the execution of the unhappy Lou
is ;XVI.
MED
The arrival of the crowd, among whom
I taken an unwilling seat, evidently
gave new spirit to the regicides ; the mo
ment was critical. Even in Jacobinistn
all were not equally black,' and the fear of
the national' revulsion
. at so 'desperate a
-deed startled many, who might not have
been withheld by feelings of humanity.—
The leaders had held a secret consultation
While the debate was drawing on its slow
length, and Danton's old expedient of“ter
rors ' Was resolved . on. His • emissaries
had beent sent round Paris to'summon all
his banditti . ; and .the lon cafes, and every
haunt of violence and every drunkenness
of crime had poured forth. The remnant
of the Marseilles—a gang of actual galley
slaves wife had led the Massacre—the
paidnwassin§ ofthe Marais, and the sub
rears ofthe Royal Guard, whoofler trea
son to , flie king, litid. found profitable trade
in living on the robbery find blood of the
nobles and.priests, formed this reinforce
relent, pad their 'entrance into the gallery
was reCognized by the clapping of hands
from below, which they answered by a
roar, accompanied with a significant sign
of clashing their knives and sabres.
'Hanlon immediately rushed into the Tri
bune. I had seen him before, on thofear
ful night which prepared the attack on the
palace; but he'was then in 'the haste and
effective savageness of the . rabble. Ile
the-part played the , pa of the leadet'-of a po
litical Seat; andlhe eornmencementnf his
address adopted something of the decorum
ofpntblic council.
•' itV this there was an artifice; for rest
less es the club was,, it still retained a jeal
nusy•of the superior' legislative raikof the'
assetrihly of. national • representatites; the
Convention. The forms 'Or the Conven
tion were strictly imitated; and even those '
Jacobins; 'who usually led the debate, scru
pulously wore the dress of the best orders.
'Robespierre wastlaberafely dressed when
ever he appeared in the tribune, and Dan
`ton abandoned 'the canailla!Costailie ofthe
time.
I was 'Struck with his showy' stiture,
his bold forehead and "his commanding at
tittide,.a6 he stood' waving his hand over
the. multitude below, as if lie waved ti. scep
ter. His'appearance was received with a,
general shout from the gallery; which he
returned with a prefopral bow, and then
stood erect till all sounds had sunk. Ilis
powerful voice then rang througluthe ex
tent of the hall. Ile began with congmtu
kiting the people on their haying' relieved
the republic from its •exteryal• angers.—
His language at first was moderate, and
his recapitulation of the perils which must,
have betidlen a conquered country *us
sufficiently true and even touching; fah his
tone soon changed , and saw the true Ja
4-obin. "What," he crilY, "are tho;e per
ils to the honor of doinestiO•perlidy t What
arc the ravages on the frontier to the poi
son and dagger of our fireside? What is
the' gallant death in the field to assassina
,r don in cold blood? Listen, fellow,citizens;
!there is . , at this hour, a' deeper plot laid for
I your destruCtion than .ever existed in the
~'shiillo~v steads, Gr ever'could be 'executed
bY'the cowardly hearts' of •their soldiery.
Where'ks that plot? In the 'st reets? No.
The courage. of". Oar' brave. liatriois is as
proof against corruption as against war."
This was followed by - ti.shout from the gal
lery. "Is it in' the :I'uilleries? No; there
the nationat'ssabre 'has etit -down the tree
.fruit a ft-lc:mg 'the na-
I trot). ''Where then is the 'lls6oB'of thisplot
!L-..adiero - th 'gathering' of 'the- storm -that
ig to shak'e'the bahlementS:bithe'repnblie
I'Lwheresthat ierrible'detiesite of combos
tibleS%whicli the noble has pitheredi the
prieselias piled; and the king - i has prepar
,ed to 'kindle? liralie-citiiens; that plot' is
arid looked mysteriously
aroithd ? ivhde stlence deep as ea per
.Vaded 'ititidtifutles then; as if Sudden-
IY : 4 l peeiveririg he l tilintiderOd outer .
. "thd' TeniPle." . " .'" '.• • •
hiriguage ,Can'deseiibe the shauftiad
the= belie that.'folloWed. 'The darin,,mliiiird
itikstndiV . SpOleii i iiihibli 'all `iiiitielptad, but
'whidh Ddritori' - itilOne had - udaCiti - i' to
titter'Sereanied ,
datieed';tlbutiSHed WeaPons;,and Sting
the' lilittire'ellred The
club below were scarcely less violent in
,theit'dthi l iopStration of`-titrieus. joy. Dan
'ton 'hit'tl'hOW tieonipliSlied 'his' ttiSk';' 'but
thlestbd . for edditionai applattse;•
and lip entered, into a catalogue' Of hiS'Ser
i kllde..s"tO ' the iiAdst of
nhiStileticiir, 'a relit' but 'sing,tila 'out Fvloio'
1,6,4 1 ,14 i t 'd' fitini'; the - tiettaiiji 'ar the - ha 1 I
lieddefidl man thitsSader' - ', "" , ‘'
.• ilDantoit"iddrt lie' had
, been' • ' Shot.' -"At N
lengi'• reeiivering I hit;
tbkiiili; 'Said i"'' . • • '• 1
"t OigidiiS,' Whet effril ticdu4dd?"''
Ahrtle (epteniber;" ut= .
tgreifthe-:irbiee : 'again; 41'1; ' strongpy
l'ty.-'.geputchitir;!thiif itived the
j , '!,. 97 • ..:1
1 4 tVlio'lg its that it guite4 ht ?- who' dares!
to malign me? What spy of the Giron-
dists, what traitor of the Bourbons, what
hireling of the gold of Pitt is among us ir
exclaimed the bold ruffian, yet with a vis
age which oven at a distance I could ob
serve had lost its fiery hue, and turned
clay color.
" I!" replied the voice, and I saw a tall
figure stalk up the length of the hall and
stand at . the foot of the tribune. " De
scend !" was the word which .he spoke ;
and Danton, as if under a spell, to my as : ,
tonishment, obeyed, without a word, and'
came down. The stranuertook his place;
none knew his ntinie ; and the rapidity &
boldness of hiS' assault suspended all in
wonder like my own. I can give but a
most incomplete conception attic extraor
dinary eloquence of this mysteri6uS intru
der. Ile openly charged Danton with
having constructed the whole sonspiracy
against the unfortunate prisoners of Sep
tember—with having deceived the people
by imaginary alarms of the approach of
the enemy—with having plundered the na
tional treasury, to pay the assassins ; and
the last and most deadly charge of all,
with having formed a plan for a National
Dictatorship, of which he himself was to,
be the first professor. The charge was
sufficiently- probable, and was not now
heard for the first time. But the keen
ness and fiery promptitude with which the
speaker poured the charge upon him, gave
it a new aspect ; and I could see in the
changing physiognomies around me, that
the great „Jacobin was already in danger.
He obviously felt this himself; fur starting
up from the bench to which he had return
ed, lie cried out, or rather yelled:
"Citizens, this man thirsts for ray blood.
Am Ito be sacrificed'? Am Ito be ex
posed to the danger of assassination ?"
But no answering shout arose ; a dead
ei
fence reigned ; all eyes We're still turned
to. the tribune. I saw Danton, after a
gaze of total' helplessness on all sides,
!throw up his hands like a drowning man
I and staggered to his seat. Nothing could
be more'unffirtunato than this interruption;
for the speaker poured the renewed invec
tivd, like a stream of molten iron, full on
his personal charaCter and career.
"Born a beggar, your only hope of
bread was crime. Adopting the , profes
sion of an advocate, your only, conception
of law was chicanery. Coming to Paris,
you took up patriotism as u trade, and
turned the trade into an imposture., Train
ed to dependence, you alwals hung on
some one till he spurned you I. You lick
ed' tholdust before Mirabeau ; you betray
ed him and he trampled on you ; you tools'
:refuge in the cavern of Murat, until he
found you too base for even his base corn
panionship; and he, too, spurned you ; you
then hung to the skirts of Robespierre,
clUng.on to ruin. Viper I known only by I
your coil, and your poisons; like the ori
ginal serpent, degraded even from the
brute, even to the reptile, you already feel
your sentence. I prom Vice it before all. I
The man to whom yen.' now : cling will
crush' you. : Maximilian Robespierre, is
not your heel lifted up to tread out the
life of this traitor? Maximilian Robes.
pierre, do I not speak the truth ?. Have I
not stripped the veil from your thoughts
Am I not looking at your heart?" Ho
then addressed the Jacobin leaders in a
brief appeal. "Billaud Varennes stand
forth—do you not long to drive the dag
ger into the heart of this new tyrant? Bil
let (11 lerbois, are you not sworn to des
troy him .Couthon, have you not pro
nounced him perjured, perfidious and unfit
to live? St. Just, have you.not in your
bosom the list of those who have pledged
themselves that Danton shall never be dic
tator? that his grave shall be dug, beibre
he shall, tread :on the firin step of the
throne I that his ashes shall be scattered
to the four winds of Heaven? that he shall
never gorge on Franco ?"
: A hollow murmur, like the echo Of the
'vaults::: beneath - , .repeating the concluding
wordso :.Thenuirmur had scarcely subsi
ded when the extraordinary apparition,
flinging around: him a long white cloak,
,whichlbe had hitherto carried en his arm
and which, in dim light, gave him the look
of one covered with a shroud,,pried out in
a voice of still deeper solemnity," George
.Jacques Danton, you havethis night pro.
I .nouneed.the death of your king; I now
pronounce your own. By the victims of
the 20tlanie,---by the victims of the 10th
of:August—by the victims of the 2d of,
September—by the thousands. whom your
treachery..has sent to perish in a foreign
graye4-4y , the Millions , whom . the war
Which you' have kindled 'will ,lay in the'
field; of slaughter-,4 cite:you to appear
before the: tribunal, where. sit , a Judge , '
whom no one can elude and none,ctio
fy. Within one yeah and menth, teite
you to meet the spirits of ,your IvietiMs.he7;
:fdre the throne of the Eternal."
He,Stopped;:inot'a;sound vas heard.—
Ho: descended, the ;steps . . O 1 the; Tribune,
and , stalked Slowly through the vnot
hand. was - raised against. He put.
!sued ;his wav With tia much calmness as,
if he bad been 'a ' tuifiernatu rot ViSitanti.Ua
til lie vanished' in the darkness:
This sinkultiv occurrence'. threw min.(
plete.'dampi' , on their•regicidal. arclot and.
as:rio onwseismedinblinedkto ,mount;the
tribune; the club world-pri4bablylavel , bro.
ken up for the night, when a loud knock-
Clearfield, Pa., November 23, 1849.
Every community; liplcN in its bosom a
species of viperous bipeds called.back-bi
tors, eaves-dropp,prs, or) slanderers, who
go Arbont doing.. evil cOutinually, They
introduce discord, where peace before resi
ded—they wake up ill-will between peace
able and friendly neighbors--excite sus,-
piciorrin trusting . hearts, and substitute
bitter Controversy for
,sociall amity and
quietude. They malign private character
with impunity, because they arc ,too:covi
ardly and hypocritical to make., their as,
saults boldly and manfully, so that those
whom they traduce can have a chance to
defend themselves.. They run up behind
you and strike .in the dark, and then fly to
.elude; detection: They put on great sua
vity and friendliness to your face, but when
your brielt is turned,Jook ;salt for, them
.for,theY will cling ! to yeur,;lle,cla
rabid:dog.' thorn ' youNifould.a,
poisonous
,;roptile--;-refuse ; their ,cQtnpany
; --,-and 'above. , t 11, , do ;; 1114 / fldlPit ; fliOPl
your haPPYAUTIIIyjgirGICT77-40 induct
them,intoyour fireside , scercts;! for if. you
dol,:they will leavathe baneful stain,of their
foetsteps;, on, .youx yery,,threshhqld, , : ana
happiness will flee before thorn as from a'
=II
ing at the door, and the beating of drums
aroused the drowsy sitters on the bench
es. The gallery was as much awake as
ever, but seemed ,occupied with evident
expectation of either a new revolt or a
spectacle; pistols were taken out to be new
ly primed, and the points and edges of
knives duly examined.
The doers at length were thrown open
and a crowd, one half of whom appeared
to be in the last state of intoxication, and
the other half not so far from insanity,
came dancing and carousing into the bo
dy of the building. In the midst of their
troops they carried two busts covered with
laurels—the busts of the regicides, Ravail
lac and Clement, with flags before them,
inscribed—" They were glorious, for they
slew kings !" The busts were presented
to the president, and their bearers, a pair
of poissaders, insisted on giving him the
embrace, in sign of fraternization.
The president, in return, invited them
to the "honors of sittings ;" and thus rein
forced, the discussion on the death of the
unhappy monarch commenced once more,
and the vote was carried by acclamation.
The National Convention was still to be
applied to for the completion of the sen
tence, but the decree of the Jacobins was
the law of the land.
The Slonderer.
fie vi ho ?teak friy purao•tenla trardt,
• • • ♦ • • •
Ruth vho fili hes from ine toy good name,
Hob' , roe orthat which not eunehrai
But =heft mo poor mdeotl."— Shokepear e
All that is damntible in the black cata
logue of guilt, all that is foul and corrupt
in the store-house of human iniquity, all
the demon-like traits of moral deformity,
and the blighting mildew of detraction and
defamation, tire treasured up in the base
and cowardly heart of the malicious slan
derer.
The individual who aims a pistol at my
breast, with the threat that "death's lead
en messenger" shall cut the "brittle thread
of life," or tells me his sword shall smoth
er its vengeance in my bosom ; gives me
ht least the privilege of defending myself
against his-atrocious assaults; but he who,
from the dark
the
of his perjured soul;
pours forth the venom of the'esp to poison
my reputation, whose breath is like the si
rocco, and tongue the "destroying angel,"
who 'Can sport With my "good name" as a
"trifle light as-iiir," and blast .at one' fell
stroke all that I hold most dear, then turn
and smile upon the ruins, deprives me of
the power of acting on the detimsive, until
character is a wreck, reputation gone to
the four winds, and honor as though it
'hall not been. See the degraded wretch,
a's he issues from the charnel house of sin
and pollution, the green earth is too pure!
for his unhallowed step, the light from the
"glorious orb" of day has no charms for,
him, virtue and innocence fly from his ap
proach, or arc crushed beneath the wheel
of his ire, and he slinks back again to the
society of congenial spirits, whose unholy
communion is more horrid than the "ming
ling" of Macbeth's hitches.
Hainan Frailly.
Lifi is a fountain, fed by a thousand
streams which perish if one be dried; it is
.a silver cord, twisted with 'a thousand
strings, that part asunder ifone be broken.
Frail and thoughtless mortals arc surroun
ded by innumerable dangers, which make
it more strange that they escape so long,
than that they almost all perish so sudden
ly' and surely' at last. We 'arc encom
passed with accidents ever ready to crush
the mouldering tenements that we. inhabit.
The seeds of disease are planted, in our
constitutions by' the hand of Nattne. The
earth and the atmosphere Whence we draw
Our life, are impregnated with • death:
health is made to operate in its own de
struction., The food that nourishes the
body contains the Clements of its decay---
the soul that animates it by' the vivifying
fire, tends to wear it out by its abtion.—
Death lurks in 'ambush along our paths—
"in the'midst of life we arc in death."
Back-Biters.
ME
Nuptiber. 22.
deadly foe. For the love of peace, of or
der and of friendship, do not countenance
their slanderous imputations against your
friends and neighbors.
CAPITAL.—A good story is told of a
fellow who had spent hundreds of dollars
at the bar of a certain groggcry, being
one day feeble and out of change, asked
the landlord to trust him for a glass of li
quor. "No," was the surly reply ;"I nev
er made a practice of doing such things."
The poor fellow turned to a gentleman,
who was sitting by, and whom he had
known in better days, saying, "Sir, will
you lend me a sixpence?"
"Certainly," was the reply.
The landlord with alacrity placed the
decanter and glass before him ; he took a
pretty good horn and having swallowed it,
replaced it with evident satisfaction; he
turned to the man who had lent him the
sixpence and. said, "Here sir, I owe you,
I make it a point, degraded as I ani, al
ways to pay borrowed money before I pay
my grog bill !"
PIOUS FIGHTING.—At the battle of
Gainsborough f Cromy;ell told his men in
a general order —"Trust in the Lord and
keep your powder dry." On the eve of
the battle of Nascby, ho issued another or
der to his infantry saying, "Call upon the
Lord and trust in your pikes." Before
the battle of Ltunbitr, he said, "Sock the
Lord and look to your flints."
Bofors the battlo of Worcester, he said,
"The prayers of the godly to scatter the
wicked arc heard by the Lord. Then
trust in the Lord, take good aim and strike
hard."
Tho following 'scrap,' going the rounds
of the papers, may be found to, have prac
tical application in, every community.—
Let ladies read it, attentively and candid
ly, and profit by it so far as it may be a
dapted to their particular cases:
"FEMALE SA - RCM:U.—Few things are
.more liable to.be abused in society—espe
cially by young ladies—than the
,gift of,
liveliness. No doubt it gains present, ad;
miration while they continuo young and
pretty, but it leads to no esteemr—produ
ces no affection, if. it be carried , beyond
the' bounds of graceful good humor.
She for instanee, who is distinguished
for the odd freedom of her remarks—.-
whose laugh is, loudest—whose wit is the
most piquant—Who gathers a group of
laughers around her—of whom shy and
quiet people are afraid—this is a sort ofl
person who tnay be invited out—who May
he thought no inconsiderable acquisition
to parties of which the general opprobrium
is dullness—but this is not the sort ofa
person likely, to become the honored finis-
tress of a respectable home."
J9SEPIL M.Azzot.-,-This illustrious tri
umvir of the,Roman.republic is a son of.
Dr. Mazzini, of Genoa, where he wasborn
lin 1809, and educated foi the law, While
at the university, the government seized
him ; he was tried fur holding principles
subversive of order, found innocent, but
thrown into prison, and then banished. 110
established an Italian press in Marseilles,
but Louis Philippe ordered him to leave
France. In Switzerland he organized an
expedition against Savoy ; it failed; Aus
tria demanded his expulsion, and the Swiss
drove him out. For thirteen years he
was in exile in England, laboring day and
night for Italian liberty ; wrote it) the press
much and well; educated numbers of his
countrymen; had his letters secretly open-'
ed, copied, and their contents revealed, by
the British government (see our almanac
for 1849, p. 54 ;) joined the revolntion at
.Paris, Feb., 1848; thence entered Lombar
dy, and conducted an Italian journal; had
to fly to Switzerland, whence he was again
expelled, in time to be elected deputy rom
Leghorn to the Roman republic, where his
talents soon placed him at the od of the I
triumvirate, which France, the instrument
of Austria, Russia, and the British aristoc
qtcy, has suppressed) He is thin, good'.
reeking, itiid of middle height.—Piilmer's
Pithiness Mims' Almanac for 1850.
THEY SAY.—"They say," , tells. that
which is not true, at least three quarters of
the time, lie is about the worst authori
ty you can produce to support the credi
bility of your statement., Scarcely was
,there ever a suspicious report put; in cir
culation, but this Mr. THEY SAY was' the
author .of it . ; and he alWays escapes res
ponsibility 'and detection, because, Ruing
Just nowhere, he can never be found. •
• Who said that Mr, E., the merchant,
Was supposed to be
,in a failing condition?
Why, "they•say"'so, ..9d What authority
do they affirm that neighbor has been'
in bad. Company? Why "they say". so,
is it a'fact that MISS G. is 'not so chaste
-
and,Circurnspec,t as she should be? 'Why ?
. , 'r, •
"they say" so.
Plagtie on this Mr. THEY' SAY lie,is a
half-hrothdr to me. NoSeny; who alWays
does the inisehief and' vlio lives nowhere ;
but,in't te.invention of. those
,who, unde
serving respect' themselves ,. , 'are desirous
to pull - dewn others to their 'own laVel.-`
We always suspect thc,,truth,,of report qiitnes frcirn atikhAt)i bffiTh6Y
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Sity.
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1 square of 15 lines. or less, 1 irui'oligpi c 159 50
1 do • do do 3 ' •
• • Eaceaubsequent insettiOn't . 25
1 do • .3 months ,'
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I do, '6, months' : • ••• 00
1' do • 12!Months' ' • ';1 00
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2do , 6 months . ,. " , t t ol ,
2 do • • ; 12 'months' • OO
3- do • 3 Months ," • ' .6 110
3 do' 6 months,,l: 9'oo
do 12 months 12 00
do' or hotru'cidtimil';6'd - zot#Am 'I - 00
' 5 do- 'Or habr a tio2umn:l2;montha‘ 20.00
10 do or one column, 6 months . 20.00
10 do or one column, 12 month's • 30 . 00
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Books; Jobs and Blanks
Of every description, Fltited at thp Wry ihest , style,
and on the shortest notice; at. 1 he COUNTRY:OOI ,
LAI? Office.' , Urn
We'have the Atla, California neivspa.
per of Oet. 1., froth Nyhich wo make .the
folloming extracts : • ' /, ,
'". .- 7 -- tr to y,' d''
The Co? tvenlpon , up to
our latest dates,.had been sessien
over tliieC weeks. WO of, the,
prpvr
sions of the proposed constitution liad ‘ bedn
acted and passed upon iticernintite6; .- pf
the whole.
The Bill of Rights, as ;adopted: in com
mittee of the whole, embraces tWentY,soc
tions, of the. usual .character of.such
vision,. The .only point whiph it was
.supposed a controversy would aris,e—Lttle
question, of slaverey—passed withei4.4„o-
bate, and unanintor(4ly, utterly prohibiting
slavery. Some, few were. in faVor" of Si lb
mining the matter to ; the p,e014 for fora sp
crate vote ; but it, was ,not contended' for
with any show of strenuosity,
.arid.was vo
ted down, almost ananimonsly. .
. the suffer age question th'e source
of considerable debate : but was
~fir ally
disposed, of by admitting all male Citiqns
of the U. S., six months resident in Cali
ifornia, and twenty. one years of age, (In
dians, Africans, and the descendants of
Africans, excepted ? ), to the priviiegop,of.e ,
lectors
The Legislature is . to: ,consist :of two .
branches, an assembly and a. senate, with
such general powers, privileges, and dillies
as are usually given to stich bodies. ~, B an• king
•king corporations and lotteries are.prohib
ited, and all othericorporations, except for
municipal :purposes, are to.be established
under general laws, theistockheldera,to.be
individually liable for all debts.- Some
considerable debate occurred upon a,,pro
vision which allows corporations
_to. be
formed for receiving, deposits'Of golf:A and
silver. It was urged that, .under *ch : a
provision, an irresponsible system of bank
ing might grow up ; but the section was
finally so amended as to answer all objec-
tions, and in that shape passed.
The members . of the assembly are to, be
elected annually, and the members pf , :the
senate is to hold their offices for two years.
One half ofthe senate, is to;be elected
each year. No 'person can be a member
I of the legislature who has•not been a, res
-1
' ident oldie State one year, in addition to
other qualfications. ;
The number of members of :rtiVmbly
is never to be less than tietfty;f9tir r , „;':no
more than thirty-six, until 'the Manlier - of
inhabitants in this State shall . .aiidnou to
one hundred thousand,, .and, alter thafioe
riod at such a ratio that the. N . V):l ' dle Mah
er of inerribclis of asspinbly. 01014160'i 'be
less than thirty nor more thVi ; gigto:—
The senate is never to consist of r Tess than
one-third nor more than onelhalfthiViim
ber of the assembly. 1 . , ! .
Some . diviSion of opinion arose on:a
position made , •by Mr..'McCeijyer, pre
vent free persons of color from settling in
California, and, also to prevent slave-hold
ers from bringing slaVes intelhe State for
the purpose, of liberating them., It :filially
passyd, incommittee of whole; 'hdi it
has bevnioolied upon . sitiee jeoPaYiling
the retitle:n.l9 of the, constitution by Con
gress, and .as this l'qelibrr . iva.s 'gainina
e t efc'
ground the House probably . s
it
out.
t: ,
A Governor, Lietttenorit-Limierpor,
Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasar
er, Attorney-(Genera), an,d,iSurveyor-Gen
eral, constitute the exeCiluve department.
They are all to hold' their'' bifices 'fOr two
years. The' GoVernor end tiententtrit
r
Governor are to. lic .'e:lo,ted by 'general
ballot; the Secrettirylif State ' tei be'ap
bpointed by the Govetrne'r, Mid with the ad
vice. and consent of the gertatd•V the Com
ptroller,'and three other State (Alecto 'are
to be eledted by . the Legislature; on joint
ballot'for the first tdim; 'end ; laNrwards.
by the people at the general Statoglection,
;overnor has the usual
bowers; in
i -
ing the veto, and the.PrivilegeS and.
( 'duties of his office do not Varythateritilly
from those of all'otherStriteSiin the Union.
l'he other State' Offrers'cOrrespondin du
i ties and powers. with
,thoSe, ge' nbrally as
cribed i
The article . relativQ tti.•l'iniliftfry t as
paSsed in cotnintiteobrthd
suchlis found in otheCStat Con
stitutiOns, as 1E1 . 00; also relative toamend
"bents. , •- - •
It was supposed the *ccithre'ntiOn" we' uld
adjourn in all , the . first .weelt In' October.
The followixi o et: houn'dary for the . .fitew
State is proposed: ' '
Commencing at the 'northeast'&;iner
of the Statb 'at ihe intersection of the para.
lel of latitude forty-tWoHdegreeiv north
With the paralel of longitudtr'dne' hundred
and sixteen west; thence t sOuth; uienand
(tient , that parelel . of longitude toltho
boundary line hetwcen the United States
and Mexico, estallshed'hy - the ',treaty of
peaCe, 'ratified by the gaid oiircriiments at,
Queretaro on the 3(ith da'rof May, 1iit48,,,.
thence 'West, upon . and 'thlong 'the "-enin. .-
boundary line to thciPittifie ocean
in a nOrthrelyydirectien, ifiill4, l T„ r 'r
~,...
course of the Pacific coast td tri , ol ) , j*,
aid of foit-t‘irciv'tlegree's-'n' , '..‘
'extending one 'nib:lithe liiigt4 l : l "
c k
froth the southern' tor the e i
pry,. and including ap' tluN;fr"
and Wands r4djaccnt 'f6
foilY:tuid"Sop4nof
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