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H. C. HICKOK, Editor.
LKWI3BUUP CHRONICLE
f!TBBMVIBST oTANtLY JOCenWAeV,
wMf FRIDA Y morning! at Lewubarg,
Union county, I'cnwytcanw.
fglg an $1.60 per far, for cash actually in advenes;
11.;, If nad within three months; $i.0l) if paid within
tmt ; ti it not nefura the year expires ; 4 emu for
tof I numtev. lli9critijiu fur ix Months or lew. to
be U in xiruo. Oisnostinuanees optional with th
rubliher.xeept when lb year is paM up.
lomnuitirt am loiaiW inserted at 50 eents Mr
ajar, on week, $1 f.,ur weeks, $5 a ymar: two squares,
$1 for six m ntus. $7 for a year. Mro-anlile ailverttse
aent. not exeeoJias; on fourth f aaolamn, $:vaear.
JliU VVOIIK and casual adrertiscuenU to be naki lor
when hon ied in or delivered.
OonausK-anon solicited on all subject of teneral inte
rest not within tin renin of party or sectarian contest.
All letters most eome poet-paid, accompanied l the real
address of the writer, to receive attention. 0iThvm
f la.'tyc eselaiveW t the rlitorial Ie;rtraent. to he di-
recteJu :. iitcxoK. rq, tu.tur and thoss on
O.Ara en Market street, between Second and Third, over
th Pevt-OSce.
O. S. WOlibfc.N, Proprietor.
Riding in a Stage.
sr Jon.v smith.
Creeping through the valley,
Cravriiog o'er the bill,
Splashing through the " branches,"
Bumbling by the mill;
Pulling nervous " gem men"
la a towering rage;
What is so provoking
As riding in a stage J
Feet are interlacing.
Heads severely humped,
Friends and foe together
Get their noses thumped,
Dresses act as carpets
Listen to the sage
" Life it but a journey
Taken in a stage !"
Spinsters "fair and forty,"
Maids in youthful charms,
Suddenly are cast in-
To their nciglilwir's arms;
Children shoot like squirrels
..Darting through a cage;
- Isn't it delightful
Hiding in a stage ?
Harried men are smiling
They are out of fright,
Thankful that the broomstick
Is no whore in sight
Young men wish the devil ..
Would with fiendish rage '
Take them, if again tltry
Ever Uke a stage.
Bonnets crash around us .
Hats look worse for wear,"
Tcctb at each concussion
Fly to take, the air;
Shrivelled maiden ladies,
Past a "certain age,"
Groan forlornly " Dreadful !
Biding in a stage!"
Jolted thumped distracted
Hacked and quite forlorn
" Oh !" writhes one" what duties
Now are laid on corn .'"
Wad disgusted angry
In a ticearinj rage,
Tiv the worst of evils
Biding in a stae .'
sr nor. a. w. AvoEasxi!ai nr.
Compif.o.sk, Sept 19, 1852.
1 found on my arrival in Paris that some
of the persons with whom I had business
to transact were absent I have taken ad- ,;
vantn f tl,;. tn nhs-nt mvlf a dav or
two from th. mat Can:uL I left Paris
in the midst of a heavy rain yesterday af- )
ternoon at 4 o'clock jnd I may here re-
my arrival at Liverpool two weeks aso
without at least oas ah-jwer. At Brighton
a week since, in the course of the afternoon,
I counted eleven, and the twelfth came
just as I took nv seat in the cars for Lewes
01 my way to France.
The route to Com- ;
piegne as far as Creil 12 miles from Paris '
is the same as that to Boulogne. At '. very much like one of our gig', a vehicle
Creil the railroad to Compiegne turns to ! with two heavy wheels, a moving top, and
the east Thii old tosvu is about G5 miles about twice as licavy a any pleasure car
front Paris. It is one of the oldest towns 1 riage for one horse, that we see at the pres
in the Empire. I ought perhaps, in cour- ent day on the other side of the Atlantic.
te?y to the fashion of the times, to say ; The seat is wide enough to accommodate
Republic. But so far as 1 can see, I think j three. The charges, too, were very mod
tbat Louis Napoleon is practising the same ratc, only eight francs for cabriolet and
game that Tamagint and Servius did in driver for the day, the owner finding eve
olden time, who reisned in the name of rything.
the dead Tarquin for a considerable time !
in order to establish their power and to
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prevent any unpleasant strife. I think
that, perhaps, we shall sse an Empire in
name, as well as in fact, in France, before
many snows fall on Paris.
But to return 4o Compiegne. It was
here that the Maid of Orleans was taken ;
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the spot on whieh she was captured is sUll
j anted out on the banks of the Oise, net
far from the place oF this writing. It was !
LerethatthcPrenchkinirs in Ions succession
kings in long succession
1 to enioT the pleasure
' v
were wont to come
ef tUm eK... 5 ;l,.nr;T. Aireat
tT X' 1 I.' J" T ..r
ucir wo. lianwicau, minrr uih ujkusj KC u
his wife Josephine, received Lis new and
heartless queen, Marie Louise. The Cha
teau, with its high walls, stands not twen-
ty feet from ate dartening the page on
which I write. I have been tbroagh its ,
: magnificent halls and chambers. There is '
much of gilding, and painting, and stucco
work, and tapestry, and silk, and rich
Sevrce porcelains, but very little of what
our Americans would call real home 00m
f srt Is fact it looks like a fitting place
to pit gilded puppeis i3 fa gaping
crowd to com ana admire and do them
reverence. It will probably surprise many
to bear that there is no sign of a carpet in
the whole of the Chateau that I have seen,
and I have seen all, perhaps, except the
kitchen and cockloft. I looked in upon
the gilded bedsteads, with rich silken eur-
tains and coverlid, where royalty has often
sought repose, but even here, though all
was in the same condition in which its last
occupant, Louis Napohon, left it, there
was no carpet on the floor. It was a plain
oaken floor, waxed and polished, the only
; thing ornamental in it, the squares and
"""b xuauo vy mc uiuercui pieces
triangles made by the different
that compose it This style, so far as
I
can judge from what I have seen, is quite
fashionable in France. It requires some
art to walk with case and dignity on the
smooth waxed floors that one treads upon
every where. I came near falling the
other day, in one of the galleries of the
Louvre in Paris, and sending the crown of
my hat through a glass case, among sun
dry specimens of old Egyptian handy work.
I was walking along, looking at the fine
paintings on '.he ceiling, when I trod upon
smooth inclined plane, and only saved
myself in time to prevent the crash of a
pane of glass, three feet square, and all
the other disagrcablc things that might
have followed.
One thing in the Chateau arrested my
attention particularly. The guide bad
accompanied me around giving the details
of each apartment as we entered it. At
last be opened a door and called out " the
Theatre." There was a handsome theatre,
capable of holding about eight hundred
people, for the private gratification of the
supreme power in the State and his atten
dants. It was exceedingly large and very
splendid. Passing on a very short distance,
the guide called out " the CbapeL" It
was a small place, capable of holding about
one-fourth of the number that the Theatre
could accommodate, and fitted up in very
plain though very neat style. Every one
can make his own comment . ''
The Park is that which most of all ar
rested my attention and pleased my eye.
It is laid out with such perfect -taste, and
kept with such perfect care, that I could
annate el
have wished that oner weather had permit-
ted me to enjoy it more, me avcnue9
n a. earns I
contain some magnificent elms, that have
beeu trained and trimmed to as to present
the appearance of lone arched aisles
Here, as in the forest of which I shall
speak more anon, the trunks rise for twen
ty, thirty, sometime forty feet without a
limb, giving a fine artistic effect as one
stands at the entrance of the long straight
or curved avenue. Some handsome speci
mens of statuary are scattered though the
park, and the Imperial seat still remains
on which Napoleon was accastomod to sit
when he received calls. It is a stone seat,
with handsome carved back, about ten feet
lone, in the form of a section of a circle.
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-iuerc, nam uuc ui u u.u uu .
alked with me througn a part ot the
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park, " there, I have often seen him sit in j
that corner to welcome the paoo'e as tbev
came." !
About ten o'clock, in company with a
friend, I started for a ride in the forest of
onn
acres, aud the wood that is cut therefrom
brings to the State an annual revenue of j
about 2,000,000 francs. We chartered a j
' cabriolet, as we wished to visit the ruins 1
'of the Abbey of St. Pierre, the Chitcau
of Picrrefonds and the village and Church j
of St Jean du Bois.
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Our way lay toward the South, through
, one unbroken forest, though by no means
r . - e .1 . . rrt.
a forest in our sense of that term. There
j was nothing wild about this vast tract, of
.which I traversed about thirty miles in a
'wide circuit and by several cross ways.
All gave token of the greatest care. All
along the avenues we saw piles of small
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.brush wood, each containing perhaps half
a cord or more, carefully done up in small
faggots for sale. Our conductor told me
that they bring from three to four francs
'per pile. The plan of the forest I have
ir . . . - . . . .
that tbev brine from three to four francs
ieramined. but I searcelv know how to five ',
lAm e Tlion nea a mnllitnits
su .was. w auv.w w w HimiHuui, v
cireular areas of different diameters made
at the distance of perhaps half a mile or
a mile apart From these circular clear-
jings, avenues extend in different directions,
from some four, five, six, eight and even
as many as ten in one instance. One may
stand by the guide post which is located
in the centre of this circle and have a very
fine view down the different alleys that
open around him. It i no email task for
a stranger to find his way even with the
aid of the guids posts that meet him
LEWISBURG, UNIOX
at each opening. A pretty cCOe of
confusion would ensue if some mischievous
person were to shift a score of these posts
partly round on some dart night. There
are no houses to bo seen, except once in the
space ef three to fit miles the dwelling of
one of the keepers of the forest imbedded
in the trees, and now and then a clns'er of
houses dignified by the name of village.
A ride of tiro hours brought us to the
old chateau of St. Pierre and the remains
j of an oil abbey. Tbev were not of suf5-
: eient interest to detain us long, Auother
j house brought us to the village of Pierre-
fonds, aud as wa entered, far above us tow
ered the remains of the old chateau, grand
and imposing even in its ruins.' We soon
mouutel the hill by a steep path in its
side, and walked around for some time
among tin ruins. There are three towers!
and a portion of the outer wails, as alio
portions ot tue interior euitice standing,
all founded on the solid rock. As we
passed around, clambering over a asses of
ruins, we occasionally looked down into
the thick darkness of the lower apartments
through narrow loop-holes in the massy j
walls. At length we met the keeper of
the ruins, with his key. He conducted
us down to the dungeons by a staircase
UUUi blU ICS. ttlUC, lUli IU tilt. SUlil IlKS.
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Alter descending about loriy steps we loundj
ourselves in the damp chill atmosphere of j
the dungeons; we passed through chamber!
after chamber, perhaps 250 feet from the
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stairease, and then returned l.j another
suite of cells, with arched ceilings and
resting on masy columns and high walls, j .OItuauipton- Zatic Richards, Tliom
The masonry in some places was as perfect as Jlurr.
as though laid within the last ten years. ' Northumberland &tmud Bergstresser.
Yet nearly 500 years have passed since I'erry llev. D. Shaver,
.i t i : ... ... .. . I'liihui.ii.hiM ritv r;,ve rr. n,ri
.ucse g.oomy mI3 were constructed.
was commenced in 1300 and Cuishcd in
1405. Some conception of the siie of the , l,ita,U.lpLIa county Tsane Leech.Dn
ruins may be formed when it is borne in jel Uubicam, John J. Memy, Isaac W.
mind that the whole space inclosed within
the walls was, I should thiuk, about emht
or ten acres. There were formerly citht'
towers all of the sscc height, more than:
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a hundred feet above the interior of the
walls, and perhaps S00 feet above the
loval f tlo plain. - I tuoantctl on of Uio..
towcrs that still remains aud looked down i
nMAH tl A lntlAr flAltf atf tilit ntinfnlt OTIStll
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.111! (1 srvcvn I lia Wlleisfl Kliil ttl'ir -nil f llA Wklit
u:"JU .-
siveness ot the walls, and did not wonder
l-!at il baJ ben 80 oftcn besieged in vain.
I uc jjukc oi j.pernon, tue .narnm ue ji
ron and the Duke of Nevers all tried in
vain to obtain possession of it by siege.
Charles de Valois, Count of Auvcrgnc,bat-
7-- i
tcred it terribly with his canuon balls iU
1C1G-17. Some of them still lie in ouej
of the towers, and the marks of their vio-j
lence is still visible on the walls. It at j
last capitulated, and by the advice of Car-j
dinal Richelieu it was reduced to its pros-,
eut condition. It was with much reluc
tance that at the approach of evening I
turned from the ruins. I have seen much
lalrcadv in Franco, at Dienrte. at ltotien. at
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.1 . l. . . t . i.e. . -it
ut"'g ' nas leii. upon my uuu 5UL-ii
'an impressi
! Pierrefouds
an impression as the rums ot the L'astlcof,
I'wTefouds. ,
Kut mS 8ucct is ful1 A m7 tima is
;Syne. anu 1 noting aooui uic
church
at fct. Jean du Lois, which has
I nothing to recommend it but its extreme
antiquity.
Pennsylvania Legislature, 1352-3.
SENATE.
Democrats in Botnan, Whigs in Italic,
Native lq small caps new members
maruea iuus
1. iri. a. Crahi,, chat. o'Xti, city.
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. J UOUlita 11. L Urtj lU, CAM I J. liAJl
ILTON, William Goodwin, County.
3. ltr.njam.in, FricA; Montgomery.
4. lhnry S. JScann, Chester.
5. William M. lleister, Berks.
0. Edward K. Seagcr, Bucks.
7. E C.DarHn'jton, E.Kiuier, Laacaitjr.
8. John C. Kanlclc, Dauphiu.
9. William Fry, Nortliauiton.
! 10. E. W. Hamlin, Wayne.
11. Ihomas Larson, Trauklin.
12. Jacob S. Haldeman,
j li- Joseph Daiicy, 1 err y
14. James U. Qui"r!e Cliutcn.
!j - ft. A. Alc.Uurtn? Blair.
j iq (jnrI0s 11. Buckalew, Columbia.
: 17. George Sanderson, Bradford.
1 18. Byron 1. llamliu, Potter.
j 19- Jubn Hogc, Mureer.
i. James Minncr Eric.
21. Archibulu Uolerium, Lawrence,
, 22 Jamn Carothcrt a Dartie AI-
legheny.
f23. Maxwell McCaslin, Grccue.
,24. Hamilton A. JJame-i, Somerset
,24. Hamilton 12. JJame-i, Souk
i -5- Christian, Myers, Clarion.
! ri; xitie i;.,;.
- jU ''e: u'on.
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McFarland, Westmoreland.
28. John Ucndiidis Schuylkill.
HOUSE OF EErilESE.NTATIVES.
(Whigs in Italic Democrats in Roman.)
Adams D. D. Millayer.
Allegheny Geo. F. Gilrnorc, John M.
Porter, C. S. Eysler, Geo. E. Appleton,
Richard Cowan.
Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson J.
A. Fulton, Thomas Magee, J. B. Hutch
uDn. -
Beaver, Butler and Lawrence J. D.
Raney, B. B. ChambtHain, J R. Harris.
Bedford, Fulton aud Cambria--Jbomas
Collins, William P. SJcheli.
COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1852.
Berks Isaac Yost, Jacob Weckleiu,
George Eenglcr, Daniel Zerbey.
mair ana uununguou vas. a. xjicin,
S. S. Wharton.
Bradford- William E. Barton, Joba
Bucks. Jonathan Ely, Edward Thom
as, .oau Shut!.
Carbon and Lehigh James R. Struth-
ers, David Lnury.
leutre Charles K. roster.
Chester Win. Chandler, Jesse Jamet,
Joseph Il.'ckmun.
CluarfLId, McKean and Elk A.S.Ar
nold. Clinton, Lycoming and Potter Joseph
T.irbert, Johu II. Kiiborn.
Columbia and Montour George Scott
Crawford George Morrison, Bansoni
Kiugalcy.
Cumberland 12. M. Henderson, David
J. McKee.
Dauphin-
Landit, Isaac S. Water -
I bury.
Delaware Jonathan P. Afiramx.
Erie Charles W. Ktlso, Uumh.-ey A
Hils.
Fayette and Westmoreland L. L. Big
elow, Wm. A. Cook, Peter U. Hook,
Alexander M. Hill.
Franklin John Rowe, C. T.Camjjlcll.
Greene Fletcher Brook.
Indiana Alexander M' Cornell.
Lancaster Danl Hrr, Gen.G. Walton,
Jltses I'utcual', Jit A. IL istand, Hy Gray.
Lebauon J,hn C. Seltzer.
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Merger, Venarj- and Warren John 3.
Kilgore, L.X.M'Granahan, C.V. Kiuncar.
Mifflin Henry P. Taylor.
Vnnrn. ..,,,1 1'lL-n Itanr S Mnrf
j " ""V 7, , "X "X ,
g '
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' v-i. . j (unoc(. AJlcnrv At.. U(fU"7i 91 III.
Sergeant.
Moore, Solomon Demeers, Smith Skintmr,
Robert B. Knight, Andrew Hague, Isaac
BrJ-'N George J. Piper, R.ehardson
'c 'i'i'-m t ? rr t it
C'ehuylkill Janih IZtmmr,Jno. Horn,
Somerset-S,muel M. littler.
Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming
ICat-a IS. CUale, J.- W. lUnniyOB. - .
Tioga James Lowrey.
I Union and Juniata John Heale
Washington John X. McDonnalJ,
Washington John A1 AfcDonnalJ, J.
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ty Al-xander.
Wayne Itiebnrd Lancaster.
York James M. Anderson, David F.
Williams, Ezc-kiel R. Herbert.
RECAPITULATION.
Dem. Whig. Native.
'C!enafe
15
17
H
ouse
62
5G
55
Dim- niaj-. joint ballot, 21
The SlZ AcnltnraTPalr.
This has been a great week in Lancas
ter. It has been estimated, that the Fair
U':ia Tii!lj-1 liv fiT.rmf Tift 000 ttarannv Tho '
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Exhibition was, 1:1 all respects, far supa
rior to any ever held iu the State.
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Inn ifinl?iv ril flnei.iillnrfil unit nhi.nts
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ment in tins noble science. lueKeanin;
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and Planting Machines alone formed a
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very attractive feature, as was evideuced ;
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by the rurnbers who constantly thronired
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around. 1 he variety cf live Stock, too, '
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was very Iare, and a marked improve-'
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ment was noticed over the exhibition of,
last year. The display of Poultry was un
usually fine and attracted a constant throng
.if ?i,l 1,1 1 i-in r i-.vifnre Tlio Iditine vom tint
j. . ..o :, '. t ,
I backward iu adding interest to the occa-
1 sion bv liberal contributions to the Floral
and Household Depaitments. Mechanic
and Floral Hall were continually crowded,
so much so that it was with difficulty a
person ceuld get a fair opportunity to cx
iiiuiue the various attractions therein ex
hibited. The various premiums were awarded
yesterday afternoon. We bad intended
to furnish them to our readers to-day, but
Secretary, Mr. - Walker, informed us that
he had concluded not to permit their pub
lication in the newspapers uutil he had
first published them iu pamphlet form.
Hon. Wm 31. Meredith, who was ex
pected to deliver the annual Address, hav
ing been detained iu Pittsburg unexpect
edly, that part of the entertainmct was
dispensed with.
It gives us more than ordinary pleasure
to record the fact that less intemperance
and disorderly conduct was noticed at this
Fair, thau at any other large popular de
monstration we were ever at. This fact
has been the subject of general remark
and commendation among citizens and
strangers, and reflects a large measure of
credit upon the improved moral condition
of our city. Lancaster Express, Oct. 23.
XCgrHon. T. Butler King, has not been
removed from the Collectorship at San
Francisco, but he tendered his resignation,
which was accepted. The vacancy thus
made has been filled by the appointment
- of Beverley C. Soakers as his successor.
Death of an Unknown Female.
On Sunday last, a girl aged 19 years,
died at a bouse in Endicott street, of apo-
nln. 'die r.r, w nemo r.V B'flil ll tthO W&S
to ,he rcsidorjt8 0f tne h.use was
her parents and friends, if she had any liv
e.'4 J1 UCI WII .U-I(BV av
ing, being wholly undrown. She nad oecn
an inmate of a house of ill-f tioe, and her
story, if it could be told, would add anoth
er leaf to the history of the bins and mis
erics of a great city. Traveler. ,
"To what gulfs
A sine) deviation frrm the track
Of buiuauduUS, leads I
" Marv !" The only treasure left on a
whole casket of precious jewels. Inno
cence crushed and dead ! youth blighted
and withered ! beauty in the sere and yel
low leaf ! her " good name " gone ! what
has this young Magdalene left but those
! f"u" ' of magical combination, " Ma
ry I " Home, though perchance with
in an hour's ride, was ne"Vcr thought of as
a home for her. Even the golden mem
ories of youth were obecured and lot in
the recollection of present shame. .She
saw nothiug of the roses that bloomed in
the pathway of her childhood but their
thorns. . How sadly sweet to her were the
thrilling gushes of the songs of girlhood i
j that still taiutlv echoed through the dark
ling chambers of her memory ! This sad
record indicates a trace of her maidculy
sensitiucness in the days of her innocency,
when
Cntn the sronnd h east her modest ova.
And ever and anon, wuo rosy rrd.
The bahlul Uueli her .tiowy cheeks did dye."
I Tu the unimnenetrable mvsterv whichhunc
. a ovw the ,ace of Ler formcr tome
aud even the names of her dearest Mends,
whose memories were hallowed by the en
chantment of too holy a spell to be pro
faned by tho polluted atmosphere of that
I house of vice. Deeo down in- her "heart
t r
of hearts" lay that hidden secret; no so
licitation, no entreaty, no yearnings ol
woman s curiositv. no Llaudisuments of
! l( jorj8 0 creat;on
I 1 rt '
f "posed,
no woman a con
even the gloom of
lonely hours, the sufferings of disease, or
the foreshadowing darkness of death itself,
could affright or draw it from beneath it
veil of unrevealing siler.ee.
Who can tell her anuish and her des
pair ? Who can tell from what height sbe
fell ? or the magnitude of that circle from
j whose centre her very name is for eer
i blotted? Who knows what cheeks are
bathed in bitter brine what grey haiis
are there whitening early for the grave ?
! And where the serpent, perchance, with
gilded treat and guttering apparei, tuat
.... . .i
uiguued this lair dauSuteroir.ve,w nose
createst fault miiiht have been a too con-
fidiug belief that all the world were guile
less as herself? He may be in our midst.
Mary ! let thy story, half told and sad,
speaks volumes of advice aud caution to
thy giddy sisters. It may be "a savor of
life unto life " to nuny Marys I SaJtua
Oanis.
Daniel Weluter
Was descended from an au aucestry origi-....11-
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iiuiiv luuivu. uui iui m iiifiv iiaiuLu, .u
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tagiaud, which migrated t mis country
very soou after the Lauding at I lymouth,
and was born in Salisbury, (now Boscaw-
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en,) 2sew Hampshire, on the Ibth of Jan-
,-o. u- i-e 1 .1 r 1
uary, ljb2. ILs life has therefore been
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extended over mue mouths beyond the
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seventy years allotted to mau. His earli-
, .. ...
est known progenitor was Ihomas eb-
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stcr, who settled at Hampton, near the
. e v n 1 1
sea coast ot xew ijumpsuire, aa cany as
! 1G3G. The Webstcrs were generally for-
mors, and (on occasion) soldiers, were fair
I haired, of light complexion, and slender
j frame. The Statesman inherited his stur-
dy frame, dark features, black hair, ic.,
i from his father's mother, daughter of Rev.
Stephen Batchelder, and a woman of re
markable force of character. His owu
mother was also a woman of rare intellec
tual powers. His father, after fighting
well for his King and country, iu the
French and Indian war., obtained, after
the peace of 17Co, a grant of land in Sal
isbury, at the head of the Merrimac River,
and there built his log cabin, and com
menced his clearing in 17G1 the farthest
North of any British subject in New En
gland. The log bouse has since vanished, as
did the frame one built beside it, in which
Dmicl Webster was born ; but the farm
remains in the family, and the trees which
shaded bis boyhood, and the well whence
he quenched bis thirst, still wooed bim
with their wcll-reraombcred attractions, ou
each recurring visit, to the last. He re
ceived his education in the common schools
of his native town, and at Dartmouth Col
lege, to which his father resolved unsolic
ited, to send him a great undertaking fur
a poor farmer, in what wax still elmost a
pioneer settlement. He entered college in
1797, aud graduated in 1801, spending
the next year as principal of an academy
at Fryeburg, Maine, for $350 per annum,
which be saved entire, earning his liveli
hood by copying legal records. After
spending a few months in the law office of
a Mr. Thompson, iu Salisbury, he went to
Boston, aud entered as a student the office
of Christopher Gore, an eminent lawyer
and statesman, where he made rapid pro
ficiency, and was admitted to the bar in
March, 1805. Returning to New Hamp
shire, he declined a proffered clerkship in
Court of which his father was now a Judge;
and as his father was visibly declining, he
Settled beside him at Buautwcn till the
old man's death, which occurred in April,
1806. The next year Daniel removed to
Portsmouth, and was married the lollowiug
summer to Grace Fletcher, daughter of
Rev. Mr. Fletcher, of Uopkintun, X. II.
By her he had four children Grace,
Fletcher, Julia, and Edward of whom
Fletcher alone survives. Edward died in
Mexico, in 1317, while serving as a Ma
jor of Massachusetts Volunteers. Julia
became Mrs. Appleton, and died in Boston
some years ago. He lived nine years in
Portsmouth, and was thence elected to
Congress in November,lS12,and re-elected
in 1814. His talents were widely known
to be extraoid. nary, though he had filled
to public station, wheu he was first elected
at thirty years of age.- In August, 1816,
be le moved to Boston, and devoted him
self entirely to the practice of the Law.
He decliued a nomination to Congress iu
1818, and an election to the Senate, but
nerved as a Presideuiial Elector in 18-0,
and as a member of the Convention which
revised thn Constitution of Massachusetts
in 18'21. In the fall of 1822, he was
again pressed to represent Boston in Con
gress (House,) and so urgcutly that he did
not fel at liberty to decliue. He was
chosen by over 1000 majority ,aud returned
to the Councils of the Nation, after an ab
sence of six years.
He distinguished himself (1S23) by a
proposition looking to an early recoguition
of Greek Independence, and a magnificent
speech in its support He favored also a
like acknowledgment of South American
Til e - .-..i m a ...
inuepenuene-e. in J5--1 be made his
great free trade speech. Re-elected iu
1821 aud 1826 with scarcely a sLow of
opposition, Mr. Webster was in the latter
year chosen a Senator of tho United States.
loward the elose of 1827 his first wife
died, while he was on the way to Wash-
inttiVn to taVe his seat in the Souate. Du
ring the session of 1829-30, occurred the
memorable debate on Foot's resolution
respecting the Public Lands, wherein Mr.
Webster, in replying to Col. 11 ay ne, of
South Carolina, vindicated his right to
rank first amouz living debaters. Mr.
Webster remained iu the Seuate advoca-
ti ,Le re.li4rter of tue BeconJ Uuile,j
Slat(.s I5ilnk coujauluiuij the vet0 lr
which that re-chartcr was defeated oppo
sing the re-election of Gen. Jackson, and
supporting Mr. Clay iu opiositiou to him
vigorou.ly opposing nullification when
attempted to be put iu practice in 1833
opposing the tariff compromise of that
year the removal of the deposits, &e.,&e
Ho was a candidate for President in 183l,
but received the twelve votes of Massaehu- j
setts only. He contiuued to serve in the j
Senate, warmly advocating the election ot
Gen. Harrison in 1840, uutil he was called
thence to take the first place iu Gen. Har
rison's Cabinet, which he continued tu fill
after the dea'h of that lamented patriot
uutil 1843, having meantime negotiated
the Ashburton Treaty, whereby our long
disputed Northeastern Boundary was dvfi
uitely settled, and returned to the Senate
on the 4th of March, 1845.
On the 7th of March, 1S50, while the
country aud Congress were both agitated
by questions connected with tbe organiza
tion of the Territories recently acquired
from Mexico, and the proposed introduc
tion of slavery therein, Mr. Webster made
his memorable speech, taking ground iu
favor of a compromise respecting the Ter
ritories, and against any act or proviso by
Congress aiming to exclude slavery there
from. He argua-d that such an act was
wholly uncalled for that the ' law cf
God " bad iuterdicted slavery tberein.aud
needed no re-enactment by man. Thence
forth Mr. W. voted steadily against the
Wilmot Proviso and all kindred measures
until, on the sudden death of Gen. Tay
lor, (July 1 1, 1S50,) he was called by Mr.
Fillmore to 11 once more the first plac--in
the Cabinet, which he retained to the
last. 1'Uilad. Sun. ...
Tbe Papers don't Say.
Mr. Slocum was not educated in a uni
versity, and his walk in life- has been in
by-paths and out-of-tbe-wsy places. 11 is
mind is characterized by literaln rather
than a comprehensive grasp of subjects.
Mr. Slocum can, however, master a printed
paragraph by dint of spelling the haid
words in a deliberate manner, and he man
ages to get a few glimpses of men atd
things fiob Lis little rocky farm, through
the medium of a newspaper. It is quite
edifying to hear Mr. Slocum reading the
villace paper aloud to hie wife after a!
hard day's work.
A few evening since, farmer Eheum
was reading an account of a dreadful accU
dent which had occurred at a factory, in
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Whole Number, 446.
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tue next town, and which the vL'lage ed
itor described in a great many words.
"I d'clare, wife, that was aa awful acci
dent over tew the mills," said Mr. Sloraox.
What was it about, Mr. Slocum V
" I'll read the 'count, wife, and tkca
you'll know about it"
Mr. Slocum began to read-
Ho&RIBLK AND FATAL ACCIDB.fT.
It beeousea oar painful duty to record tk
pir-tie-u-lars of aa accident that occurred
at the lower mill, iu this village, yester
day afternoon, by which a how an being,
in the primw of life was Lurried to 'that
bourne, from which, as the immortal
Shaks-are has said, 'bo traveler returns
("Do tell!" exclaimed Mrs. S.) Mr. Da
vid Jones, a workman who has but a few
superiors this side of the great city of New
York, was engaged in adjusting a belt upon
one of the large drums, (" I wosder if
'twas a bass drum, sich as has 4E Plur&ust
L'uum painted on't," said Mrs. Slocus,)
when he became entangled. His arm was
j drawn around the drum, and finally bin
whole body was whirled over the shaft at
a fearful rate. When his situation was
discovered, he had revolved with immense
velocity, about fifteen minutes, his head
aud limbs striking a large beam a dLtinet
blow at each revolution, (" Poor creatur I
bow it must have hurt bim !") When tho
mauhiuery had been stopped it was found
that Mr. Jones' arms and legs were micro
ted to a jeily ; (" Well, did it kill him V
asked Mrs. S. with increasing iuterest;)
portions of tbe duramata, cerebrum, and
cerebellum in confused masses, were scat
tered about the floor, iu short, the gate
of eternity had opened npon him."
Here Mr. Slocum paused to wipe his
spectacles, and his wife seized the opportnV
uity to press tbe question
"Was the mau killed?"
" I don't know havu't come to that
yet you'll know when I've fiuiahed the
piece." And Mr. Slocum continued hie
reading :
" It was evident when the shapeless
form was taken down, that it was no lon
ger tenanted by an immortal spirit that
the vital spark was cxtiaet" (" Warn tiv
man killed ? that's what I want to coma
at," said Mrs. Slocuui.)
" Do you have a little patience old 'oe
inau," said Mr. Slocum eyeing his better
half over his spectacles. u I presume w
shall come upon it right away." And he
weut on reading
"This fatal casualty has cut a gloom.
over our village, and we trust that it will
prove a waruiug to persons who are called
upon to regulate the powerful machinery
of our mills."
"Now," said Mrs. Slocum, perceiving
that the narration was euded, "now I
-should like to kuow whether the man was
killed or not."
Mr. Slocum looked puilled. He
scratched his bead, scrutinized the article
ue had bcu perusiug, end took a graceful
survey of the paper.
" 1 declare wife," said he, " it's rather
ur'us ; bu'. raly, t!ie paper don't oy."
Literary Jlutrnm.
Hon. A. Jackson Ogle, whose death
has been announced by telegraph, died o
I'hursday last, at his residence in Stnrersets
of aplesy. He was a mciub-T of the
31st Congress, and defeated for the 32dby
Mr. Dawson, the present incumbent Mr.
Ogle was appointed by President Fillmore,
.'barge d' Affaires to Denmark, but his
commission had been revoked before hie
leath. He was a very young man, of ster
ling abilities, but had already destroyed
himself by intemperaute.
Greek Meeti-Vo Grexk! On tbd
Hd of this month there was to be a polit
ical discussion between selected members
of the two great partiws in Washington.
1'he discussion waa to be in front of the
1'att n Office, and to begin at 4 o'clock i
the evening. The call was signed by WaT.-
rta Lenox, President of Washington
Whig Club, and J. D. UotiVEB, President
of Jackson Democratic Association. W hat
a pity it is the Washiugtonian have ne
votes!
Smith O'Brien. It is feared that this
noble Irish patriot and mart r, i. not des
tined long for this life. He is sbwly pas
sing away, oppressed by ill health and'
melancholy. We trnst bis epitaph may
be written with Emmett'b, by a free conn-
try, and in the blood of that eoutry's op
pressors. There is a heavy day of retri-
oution hanging over EalanJ for the
wrongs of poor Ireland.
The Governor of South 'J.ro!ici hoe
ordered the Legislature to meet bii the first
Monday of November, to ca;t tie vote of
that State for President and Vice Presi
dent It is said that 14 of the IS mem
bers of the South Carolina legislature just
elected iu Charleston, axe in favor of giv
ing tbo electi-w of Presidential Elector t
the feordo.
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