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O. N. WORDEN, J. R. CORNELIUS & E. SMITH.
Ax Indepen-dext Family
THE CHRONICLE.
FBIOtl, J4X. 9, I SSI.
Power of a Minority.
It is 1,0 thoughtless remark attrib -
Tjtcd to Qveex Mary, that "rhe more
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feared the pravers of John' kxox than
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an armv of a thousand men. Alornl
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influence often conquers numbers. A
Luther, a Bcms, a A esley. and
other Patriots and Reformers, exerted
more influence in their day than thou
sands of their now forgotten oppos -
ers. In war, the smaller number is
often victorious, and is sometimes sue -
cessful even in defeat. In questions
of morals, the mass of men bow to the
reasonings of the few. and confess (if
they do not practic) their precepts,
The small band of Whigs who in
the British Parliament manfully
denounced its effort to oppress these
then Colonies, exerted vast influence,
and are now honored in England as
well as in America.
Emerson states in his recent work
that there are not 40.000 Landowners
in Englaud ; yet that 40.000 dictate
tbe policy of the British Empire, just
as 340,000 Slaveholders control the
government of the United States. A
landed aristocracy on that side oY the
water, and a slave olirarchv on this
each welded together in interest bv
a skilful combination of power, con
trive to carry almost every measure
which they resolve upon.
In political strifes, the influence of
a party out of oflice is frequently
superior to that of nn administration
lmrassinsr the latter at its leisure,
and compi llinir it to do that which it
does not desire to do.
The Pp-siih'nri .l Election reeentlv
dosed, already afford" a fresh proof
of the weakness of mere majorities. A
year aro.tlie Aduuuistration in power, :
having first torn down the wall that
the Missouri Compromise opposed to i
Slavery, and removed Gov. Krrdeb, I
was openly sustaining Shannon, Le-
compte, Ponalsoti, Clark, and other !
shameless villains in their black and
bloody efforts to "crush out Freedom" ',
in Kansas. In the National Capital,
('KEELEY and Scmxek were brutally i
assaulted to compel them to silence ;
and those who did not resort to per-,
eonal violence, threatened "we wtll !
Bl-BDVE YOU" who dare to resist the !
aggressions of the Slave power I
But Fremoxt was nominated, backed
up by One Million Three Hundred
Thirty -Seven Thousand votes!
And the scene is chnnged. The same
Shannon, the same Donalson.the same
Lecompte.the same Clark not a whit
worse men, now, than they were six
months ago are disgraced and ejec
ted by the self same Administration !
The very Border Kuffians.then petted :
and paid by Government while com
mitting the most atrocious outrages,
are now scowled upon by Geary and
compelled to retreat before the down
trodden bnt unconquered Free State
settlers as they arise, reinforced, to
assert their rights. Douglass & Co.
no longer prato about " subduing"
but, turning a quick somerset, now
promise to carry out the Republican
measure of "restoring Freedom to
Kansas." Every Free State but two
giving a majority against the success- i
ful candidate for the Presidency, is a
warning to the dominant party that it
must change sides on the Kansas as it I
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has on everv other political issue and
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thn nv its hmnt hnrim. irirnennnl U.
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..wv. v. .uu . r Lilk Vi- J.I.1VU1I1U.
The Republican party, if a minority
in voters merely, is not second in the
intellectual and moral catalogue of
citizens ; mental strength must tri
umph in tho end ; and these facto
should nerve every true heart to life
long efforts, cot only to annul the
infamous sham-laws to fasten Slavery
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UUi 10 resist mat evil
wherever it may seek to acquire new
strength, or iu whatever form it mav
was;c its relentless mid iniilii.iia
against the best interest., nn,,n..;...
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Tlie ttcry Day die or '76
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Thur. Oct. 10. This day tba K.rrular.
Bri.ub fleet came up aud surrounded our river aud marched to Mt. Bethel aud put
fltet by ruuuing up the ootitrary side of np, being 19 m.
an island and engaged them; they engaged j Mon. 16. Set oat and marched to Naa
ome hours; at length, our men suuk areth and put up. being 18 m. Here tbe
" ui tueir schooners, aud run through
vauic tu u sucuur aoove men.
411 B,ght : in the niornine. thev rer-
f cmeii ,be" fluet iucrcased, and our men
"figut best to retreat, which they did for
"0 da)6)luj Ml tb(.ir fl(Jet
"in. 13. 1'his day, the eoemv's fleet
overtook our fUt, and attacked them at
t-put Kock, about 22 times from Crown
"int, where they took a row callcy and a !
EitUelo ficm our men. Oor fleet being i
axd News Journal.
j attacked by a fleet so muck superior in
number and strength, tbat oor men sent-
I teled and sunk eleven of our fleet, and
! .waned bv land. Onlv five of our fleet
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; escaped, out of eighteen.
! Thi. day our General received
" from A' "h,f
informed that our army bad defeated tba
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enemy at East Chester ; and our Geueral
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I ordered all the troops to repair to their
M j ttg fir
! of , Munon who,e were ,o givfl ,hre(J
j cheerg a ,okeQ of -nJ for their gucce6B
1 Mon 2g Thig day bc enemy cme in
, ight D(, we wera tUrmed xbtee regi.
: Beutl wcre orJered over t0 TieoDdeWgtf
1 il Col Poor., nJ Greaton'g.
urried th(JM aU day . tbe enemv mad, no
, nearcr aI)proacn; just Bight we returned
; t0 our quarters; wcre ordered to be ready
j at a ,uiutc' warning to go over again.
j Wed. 30. This morning our Regiment
was ordered to be up and repair to the
breastwork at tba landing at half past 3
in the morning and tarry till sunrise,
Fri. Nov. 1. This day begins the
mouth of November. We still keep our
: station, and nothing remarkable happens,
j Mon. 4. This day our scout came in,
! "d brought news that the euemy bad
! Crown Foiut.
j Tues- 12- This day our sick and feeble
men eved furloughs for to go home,
! s- 16' This daV et out f Mount
! Independence just night ; marched to tbe
Block house, encamped in the woods.
Sun 17. Weut aboard the battaux at
12 o'clock, rowed till night, encamped on
the west sido the Lake.
Mon. 18: Went aboard, and set out for
Fort George ; arrived just uight ; weut
into barracks, beiug stationed here for tbe
jireeut.
1 'ii "5 N tliii.)! remarkable luppeoed
in iUjh; tin? nay we set out froin
F t; ; r'v .-l 1 : i nearer). I t" Fin' Eilwtinl;
left 11. i- U guilt tit, ami mnl atiout a mile
tn ntie J iiiimS and put up, being It ui.
Tues. -6. Weut back to the Ueinuient
and set out down the rivet with the bag-
gaga to Fort Miller aud put up,being 7 in. ;
Wed. 27. Kept on our journey to Sar-1
atoga and put up iu the barracks, having ,
eotne 7 miles. i
Thur. 28. Still pursued our march down 1
the river to Stillwater and put up 14 m.
Fri. 19. Marehed to the Half Moon, to
t!ic New City, and put up, being 17 m.
Sat. 30. Kept ou our march to Albany,
an(1 weut iut0 barracks, having come 13 ni.
Sun- M,,D- 2 DtC- KePl our station,
Tue8' 3 Tljis ds we went 00 ' looP
,0 8 down Hudson river; the sailors not ;
De,u6 rcaui' tao n""1 UJ on t,oara tb"
uifiht.
Med. 4. Set sail and sailed very slowly
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All ilfiv ilrnrt.irl annhnp mt n.lit h.tnii.
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Thur. 5. Set sail about 2 hours before
day, having a very breeze, sailed uutil
11 o'clock, and landed at Esopus harbor;
t j"k our packs and marched into town,
being 2 miles from the landing, having
come 62 miles from Albany, being billet-
tcd ont here.
Fri. 6. Kept our station.
Sat. 7. At 12 o'clock set out from
Esopus and marched about 3 miles, where
a gentleman lived who desired us to stop
and gave tbe whole Regiment what eider
and apples tbey would eat and drink. Af
ter this agreeable refresbment,marehed on
to Marbletown, and put np, having come
16 miles.
Sun. 8. Set out and 'marched on to
Rochester and put np, being 14 miles.
Uere tbe people were so kind as to ask as
I lnr loag'n 00 noor-
MoD' 9' Set fat nd mrched t0
,nd Put UP' bein8 14 mUe'
TuM-l0' Thi, " mrohed 'nT
,nd ever one cot alone as well as we
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could, it being thro the woods. Marched
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to the Minisiuks and put up, beine 25 m
Wed. 11. Still marehed on in the Min
isinks to an inn and pat ap, being 10 m.
Thur. 12. This day we marehed to a
plaee called Head Quarters, aad pat ap,
being 13 miles.
Fri. 13. This day we were ordered to
turn our course, and marched through tba
woods to Sessex and pat p, being 18 m.
Sat. 14. This morning,Maj. Wilkinson
earue int0 ,nd brought news that
Oen. Lee was taken, he beinir in the same
hou.e with the General, but narrow lv
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CKilVU UT UK M1CU. WD WCIC U.UC1IU
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mv wu an wwa wr va aw ivas aw a iM u uj w j
haviug cume 30 miles out of.our way, we
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sun. mroing we set out ana
marched tn tho Ferrv nd crossed Delaware
people were cry oivil, and treated as ery
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cuurteuusiy. ine people were an uaars,
Moravians ; they all lived alike, poor and
rich. Tbey have here a common store,
where tbey pat ap stores for a year, and
draw it as they want it They have the
fiuest orchards that I ever saw.
Toes. 17. Marched into Betblebem and
nut un. beinir 10 miles. This da. Geo.
Sullivan with three Br i trades came into
town and kept on towards Newtown.
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY,
Wod. 18. Kept our station.
Thur 19. Pet out and marched to Noek-
! amixon and put up, leiug.10 in.
Fri. 20. It being a very stormy day, we
marched to an inn and put op, tx:iug4 111
Sat. 21. This day set out and marched
to tbe next inn and put up, being 4 m
Sun. 22. Set out and marched to New
town and put up, being 15 m.
Mon. 23. Kept our station at one Mr.
Cary's.
Tues. 24. Still kept oor station.
Wed. 25. Set out with three days'
provision and marched into Newtown,
where are three Regiments, namely, Col's
Stark's, Poor's and Patterson's. Then we
set out, just night, and marched to Slack's
Ferry in the night, aud crossed with the
whole of Gen. Sullivan's army and marched
on to Traintown Trenton, where the Hes
sians had possession, where we bad a
small matter of a battle. But it was not
long before the enemy gave up, and we
made prisoners of tbe whole that were not
killed on the spot. They are not yet
numbered, but itais supposed there are
about 1500 in the wholo, and we brought
them back to Newtowu, where wc arrived
on Thursday after dark. On Wednesday
night it began to snow and rain, and con
tinued to rain and snow until Thursday
night, and being extreme cold two or three
perished one of them was one of our
prisoners. Then I returned to my old
quarters at Mr. Cary's it being 32 m.
Sun. 29. Stayed at Mr. Cary's until
this morning, when orders came to us to
be ready at Head Quarters at 1 o'elock for
to co on some expedition: accordingly,
weut to Newtown, tarried there until just
nicht. then marehed on to Brown's Ferrv
aud put up, being 9 m.
Mon. SO. Sot out, marched down to
Ilowel's Ferry aud crossed and marched
on to Trenton and put up, being 9 m.
Tu's. 31. Kept our station at Trenton.
1777, W. d. Jan. 1. This day we being
ali paruied,icu.Suilivan came and desired
us New Eugfcudcn- to tarry six weeks
longer, to which they agreed, the great
part of tbem.
Thur. 2. This day we had order, to , P e.n.cne.. , lwini that hig schem(J
mareh, about 10 o'clock, new. came that I The LlSh ,ron PallDS been coni?,e-, was conthrayry to tho laws of math.- j bcos a hive. . 3 5
the enemy were con. jog, w won drawn 1 4d fr"' k" P...t Wrim, .nj , miiytical transgression and cubic sec-1 Felix had corao over to my simin
out of town, on the east side of the town; ' ls0 along the norlh tlde- Tbe oM wal1 tions, "Moreover," I added, by way of ary airly in the morning, with all his
one battalion went up aud attacked them od fcuce the Capitol and thi r- a clincher, "suppose you do succeed, fl, jnpr predicaments ready : and it was
and retreated back to the main bodv th
enemy pursued to tbe edge of the town, V board walk lam down.anu trees
where our men were placed with two or P1nted. J carriage ways gra-
three field pieces, aud they fired upon them , veled a,J rolled thanks to the taste and
and killed them iu great numbers ; then 6"od judgmcnt ot Superintendent Ml' li
the retreated. Our men kent their round UN ' wbo bv ,he waJ 1 am surry 10 find
all day ; we kept a guard until 1 o'clock.
Then we marched off, undiscovered by the
j enemy, who camped that night within 50
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sun an hour high we arrived at Princeton, ;
which was 12 miles. There we
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attacked by about loOO Regulars and a
company of Light Horse, and we killed
baggage, and then marched on to Millstone
and camped, having eome that night and
day 24 m.
Sat 4. Set oat and marched on to
Plackemin, and camped on the south side
of the town, being 8 m.
Sun. 5. Kept our station until about
10 o'clock in tbe evening, then orders
came for us to march on 3 miles and keep
a guard at one Bulyen's.
Mon. 6. Set out and joined Gen.
Washington's army and marched to Mor
ris town ; marched about 2 miles out of
town and put op, having eome 12 m.
Toes. 7. Kept our station uutil Friday;
then I moved to one Mr. Fairchild's, and
put up, about 5 m. from Morristown.
Sat. 11. Kept eur station at Mr. Fair
child's until Feb. the 10, which was tbe
last day of oar service, and being detained
for oar money we still keep oar station
until the 16 day of said month, being
courteously treated by the whole family.
San. 16. Set oat from Mr. Fairchild's
on my way home; marohed to Fumkia and
put op, being 30 m.
Wed. 17. Set oat from Pumkio and
marohed to Harveystown Precincts and
put np being 31 miles.
The remainder of tbe Journal reeords
his. reaching Litchfield, 82 miles, Feb. 22;
March 14, set out from Litchfield, reached
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-bury, 222 miles, March ti j
Oonwpowicnce of th LcwUburf ChronlcU.J
From Harrisbnrg.
IIarrisburo, 5 Jan. 1857.
How thoughtful and suggestive is tbe
transition from tbe Old year to tbe New,
and bow awkward it seems to write '57
so great is tbe force of habit, and the
aversion to change, even in this land aud
age of hurry and impulse !
Tba Capital has improved somewhat
sine I was here last winter, considerable
progress having been made in building in
various parts of the town, and more con
templated next season. And this last is
well, for tbe place is old fogy and shabby
enough in some things. It is one of the
most magnificent manufacturing centers
in tbe United States, and could just as
well have a population of fifty thousand as
auoui uu me spov, wouuusu a uuinucr eiection of U. S. Senator (what a ntupul ""tame oi iiying wun a uoca oi wnu uui wuen r eux snowca mmseu on the
more, and made prisoners of upwards of uunjer it was Bot t0 jaTe ciectcd Gen oeeso over 10 orroway or Illyria, or top battlement of the tower, opening
300, and the rest of them fled into the j tWQ' ,nd other some other such outlandish islands - and shutting a pair of great black
woods with very little loss on. onr side. m,. ,'h.t ; , ,,. nn fnt thr F Iotn t'e out, Felix became wings he had fastened to his shoulder,
W. took four field Piece.,.nd considerable "linnet.
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fifteen and would have, in a reasonable j THE FLYING COBBLER,
time, if the property holders had any sa- j Tuirtv ears afr0, YvVix Toole was
gaeity and liberality, themselves, or would a3 dacent aud inflexible a manofactur
let down the bars enough to let men of er of leather, as you'd meet from her
enterprise get a d'ee-it foothold, instead to Dublin; and it was universally con-
! of driving thim off by their stupid npae-
ity, which tends to defeat its own objects.
"in consequence of this blind restrictive
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policy, wined mil not part witn vacant
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lots, or old tenements, except for fabulous
prices, many new comers are driven away,
and the town is crowding its growth, and
tbe business energies of tbe place are sad'y
cramped, in many ways. The mechauics
and artisans, who have been the creators
of most of the prosperity of tbe borough
of late years, find the cost of living here,
exorbitant, aud the accommodations for
t 1 . , "1- tl t
tncmseives ana tneir lamuies, geuetauy 01
an inferior character; and there is some-
times positive sunering amengit tnoe wno .a pair of J? elix Toole a pumps on her
deserve better tbings,especially when there j feet, and Felix himself, for her part
are fluctuations in business at inclement j ner in a jig. Ilows'evcr, though he
seasons of the year. was an airy and confiscated fellow in
Tbe cold is intense ; the price of coal i regard of the girls, and dancing, and
has suddenly gone np 30 per cent ; and if . ltlnS. and Haying, and other Taj
ik winter continues bard, there will be nul transmissions, to which youth has
I n nn'th ha ni'Atiiniim tr I mtit car in
more distress among people of narrow
means than most people suspect. Thou-
sands of dollars are expended here every
month, by societies and individualsfor the
relief of the "poor," and that class will
doubtless be eared for. But there are
those who scorn to beg, or become public ! m7 siminary tor young lauiesanu gin
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beneficiaries, and who would gladly work,
if they eould but find etnploymeut ; but
wnen it cannot dc nad, meet the pincbiug
! winter, with gloomy countenances arid
agonised hearts. How many who are well
I t0 ta world, could become "uiiuis-
terinS "gel'." in the best meaning of
that term, by a little thoughtful observance
of their neighbors.and goutlo inquiry into
their uffairs, w.th the timely aud delicate
i relief, tbat would spare the becoming pride
of American cititens, and yet sustain and
che. r struggling worth.
They are buildii g a new railroad depot
oue of the finest in the Luilad Mates,
and it certaiuly has long been needed. It
will be alike a nublic ornament and a much
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en "as aiso neen removca, a new ana
in bad healtb but b"Pe t0 886 bim reeruit
lne 6eBml leaientoi me commg
MenjDer8 are flue,;,,- jn nd there
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ai.o seems iu u i.ir apuuauug u.
members and oflice seekers, as usual,
iul., a. .u. i..i.... .r u
twccn tbe gtDate and tho House . ,he ap.
nnrti9nlnont bill the rush for banks : the
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citing and important that has been held
for many years.
Should I remain here, I may write you
again. It.
Don't Worry.
When Bulstrode Whitelock
was em-1
barked as Cromwell's enoy to Sweden.iu i
1653, ha was much disturbed in mind as
be rested in Harwich on the preceding
night, which was very stormy, wh.le be
reflected on tbe distracted state of tbe na
tion. It happened tbat a confidential ser
vant slept in an adjacent bed, wbo,findiog
ask you a question 1"
"Certainly."
"Pray, sir, don't you think God govern
ed the world very well before you came
into it J"
"Undoubtedly."
"Pray.sir, doo't yon think that Hs will
govern it quite as well when you are gone
oat of it T"
"Certainly."
"Then, sir, pray excuse me ; but don't
yon think you may as well trust Him to
govern it as long as you live 7"
To this question Whitelock had nothing
to reply; but turning about soon feel asleep,
till he was summoned to embark.
CoL Benton and the Yankees.
The New England Society of New York
held their anniversary meeting on Monday
evening. Hon. i nomas ii. neuton tnauo
a speech on the occasion. He had just
Completed a tour through Now England,
aud be spoke most flatteringly of ber peo
ple and ber institutions. He claimed a
patriotism for New England second to no
other part of the Union. He also spoke
very highly of ber operatives, who are, by
some'ignorant partisans, frequently repre
sented as being in a very bad condition.
Mr. Benton says be found them highly in
telligent and refined, and that in their
style of living they are "situated as well
as members of Congress at Washington
City." It is very true, tbat New England
with all her natural bleakness, has been
made by tbe ingenuity, frugality and gen
rnl virt,. nf i.nr ne.mlo. a iewol to our i
couutry. '
JANUARY 9, 1857.
sideied, tbat ho could turn out a pair
. untieing pumps Hotter man Jlisllier
; oiilovy, the great ladies' shoemaker,
that keens the, cxtinsive emnuravum
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I"1 Georges street, Cork. But that
. wag ony natnra, and congayial to
! the I)oy . for tlie divil a young fellow
; jn the barony knew how to handle
j them aiqual to himself upon the flure.
It'd ho that was the bouchal antirely
at a ttircbble hornpipe. hoo !
, : trawnieen fa blade of f rassl
Lotoa fair or patthern, if she hadn't
; tQ th k )0J th he had miglt yj
Jfiu(J taste fur iateel cdJvcationeani '
1 lit it 1 cix. pa vsisitiiju j j m. aiiuv oj , au
; the humane scieuces : aud, in order to
improve himself in those polite and
periphrastic accomplishments, he was
! n the habit of attinding regulary at
11C1I1VU,U CI UVIOUbUI VliU 1JI&V. f Cli,
one day, as wo wero promiscuously
; looking into the mythology (which,
hou ;3 the palldeiuonium for
ai the huythen godr and goddesses,)
what should we Ptufnhlc upon but that
marvellous ould history of Daedalus,
who manufactured wings for himself,
would do your heart good, to SCO him the hill, near the celebrated viilae uf Bally-, 0 . s " ,K
.1..., ..:: k r ..O hr.p.lr.n. ,nrelv eomnnmeil. r,.n.lrnrlP,l ud ! J t aD1 StlU. hen they Want tO de-
LIll U2U1IIU 1 L LU IUU Ui OU11IC fiUV ; ' J 1 ' . . . .
,1..; ,i...i i.,,, .. n ' put out of hands, m a worimaolike mai.uer. cr.be a theoretical enthusiast, thev
, o-u, pu aatnv, )b Felix Toole, in the aforesaid v.llaee or 1 gav, "he is as mad 1 Fslix Toole
! bagpipes, borra take the girl Would 1 hamlet, cordwa.oer. aud perpetrator of boot 1 r. vtwri rflOD, rD n '
ami Hew about like a wild duck, till This notice was posted up on the
he tumbled into the say. An idea j chapel-door, on the following Sunday
struck Felix at that moment, that ho ; morning, and threw all the parish into
could make a pair of wings with al- j au amazing constirpation. Some said
most as little trouble as he eould make j jt wa3 a populous delusion ; and more
a pair of pumps. When he meutioued justed that the ould boy himself had
to me the fugacious notion that had : a hand in it. Anv way.'ilichaelmas
entered his head, I tried all that I j jay Clirae on, and such 'a powerful con
could to persuade him against it. I catenation of men. women and child-
argued the point witn Him syutneti -
ca"y. parenthetically, and by the rule
of inflections. 1 Showed him OUt Of
wuai J3 to uecomu oi your uauc, u
people lave off walking, and take to Wa!k up together to the tower at the
living?" ! appointed time. How sever, by some
"Nuboklish !'' says he, "I've thought cr0ss accidence, mv silver watch took
of that and if flying should injure a stugnatipu that nioruin.', & wouldn't
the shoe trade, I can take to wing- g0 for no manUer of shaking or per
making, which, you must admit, is a Buasion ; so that, by mistaking the
far more elevated line of business,
ell, sir, 1 saw there was no use
tr'"'K t0 convince him, so 1 saiU no
mure ; auu uomu ue weui, pouuiiuniig
anj pausing at every step, and turn
in.r over bis nuriection in his mind.
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if he did chance t0 dhrop iuto an
accidental slumber, it was only to
.,1 e ii : -ii .!-- :i.i
of a dancing-house ; but shutting him -
self up with his awls and bristles in a
back garret, he set to work to manu -
facturiug a pair ol wings for himself,
C3 J (J
nn ill A nl-in tf ihr nnpiont mi lit Orrv.
w aai. v -aaw aoaawvue ,
: cian.
Weeks and months passed away,
but Etili tucre wa3 n0 sign3 of Felix'
Toole's wings; until at last, the neigh-
bors beiran to shake their heads
ajUDiltcas, Uilll IJVJVCl VlliUUU i-UV iJJtO niiu t
whenever his name was mentioned, ' hearted souls, began to thrimble and ! rt' """J-Mimct.
and a whisper went about that all : to cry, and then all of a sudden ho j Zacniry Tairior
wasn't right with the poor man's wits. made a jump off tho battlement, and j tw,,.,. p v . . i i '
Sometimes he was seen by the neigh- went with his wings spread out, sail- J? Par' preaeJ "rmon n
bors stealing out in the dark of .the ing away most illigant. A wild shout i 1&anli'lvlni? y 10 ln. In tbe
evening, and sitting on a big stone in ; of delight riz up from the people ; but ' cour!" u 11 P"1 thl! Mlfwmgbigh oom
the squire's rookery to watch the rooks before it had cead, the glory of poor i Pli""'D' " ,h'' memory nf General Taylor:
coming homo ; and his only divarsion Felix was done. After two or three ! "Sinee 1S-JS, the South La been the
was, iu continually flying an ould flutters, his wings fell by his sido.s ' master, :id has made all the Presidents,
goose from the garret window, till at he heels went up and down he came au'1 b 1 power of the N
last he broke tho poor bird's heart, tumbling like wild goose with aj1'00' vvi,hlu th'M ,im'N there ha been
and it died the most disconsolate ob- shotlcg, plump to the ground ! Eve-! but, oue sident Zauhary Taylor who
ject you ever beheld. Ilia money soon
began to run mighty short, for he spent
it all in glue, and silk, and whalebone,
aud other combustibles ; not to spake
of the beautiful calf-skin he cut up,
and the heaps of lovely feathers that him up as tindherly as we could, and
the neighbors sent him as presents, i laying him on a neighbor's door car
At long last, he surprised me by ried him home, and laid him on his
walking one morning into my semin- bed. When the doctor came, he found
ary, looking so wild and mcta-physi- that both his legs were smashed. Not
cal, that he soemed for all the world a word or a groan passed the poor
like a ghost who walked out of his boy's lips. Afther he came to his sin
grave to sueeze. j ses, he lay with his eyes wide open
"Good morning to you, Mr. Dan- j for near an hour ; and then while the
nelly," says he ; "Maybe you'd obleege doctor was setting oue of the broken
me by inditing a bit of a notice lor ; bones, he tried to raise himself np in
me
T i
""In respection to what incident, Fe
lix ?"
"In reeard to mv wintrs." he an
swered, "1 wish to have a bit of a no- j
tice stuck upon tho chapel door, inti- j
mating that I have completed my job, '
and that I intcud to lly myself from
the top of tho ould tower, at Bally
brickeu on the next Michaelmas day."
"Is it taken lave of your seven sen
ses, ye are?" say I.
"LHvil a bit of me manes to do tho
like, Mr. Dannelly. I've succeeded
with the wings ; they're all coraplate
now, aud ready for flying this minnit."
"Bother, Felik!"
"Aisy a bit, till yo see my inven-
tion." says lie, I m certain 1 could ny
to the moon if I liked ; and afther this 1
ESTABLISHED
At $1,50 Pek
thriul. M ho knows but I may have the
luck of Uying in the face of. the King
and Queen, the Pope o' Rome, and oth
er jrreat PlinnypotiutiariesV"
' (Seeing that he was detarmined to
have his way, I sat down and compos
ed, under his directum, a public prom
ulgation, which as I rtmember, I'll
rehearse for you :
"kotice !
"To the Literary aud Illustrious Resident
of the farisbes of Uallybrickin aud Foulua
cuubery, and likewise the Ilurlers of sUU
ourigau, barriii the Dley fractiuu, wiiii
whom we don'l wish to Oiake ur utedtlir.
'There will be au uudaaolrd rshibuion of
i pymaaittics (which beiug a dictionary word
principles.
"Aud it is farther resolved and determined.
sem. con, by the said Kelu Toole, liu heirs
aud aamouistrators, and txecutiouers, that..in
order to make his paramount abilities wurthy
of his numerous and famous beholder., he
1 r
will, with a pair of wines, lately invented by
himself, lake a perpendicular flight across the
Cuuntry as far as Kinshela's duu-heap. And
this is to give Jim warning to put bis corks
and hens out of the way, lest I uiigui do some
damage among the poultry
?U
y uncles
; en and also Peter Brady, the Blmd Fidd.er,
to brush un a dance amot:e the Pevs ana eiris.
1 s. 1 don't intend charging ai.itning
but whatever may be agreeaul to the compa
ny. Witness our Hands and Seals,
-This Slih day of Uec, 18.
his
FELIX x TOOLE,
mark.
"Witness present
Cornelius Dannelly, Thilomath.
tT The flying will happen on next Mi
eh ielmas day (Uod willing; at 12 o'cl( c. pr
cisely, by Mr. ilauneliy's real silver waich."
; re!li from aU j,artSl I never did see.
1 There was tit a ditch nor a tree all a-
rnnml the. ml, 1 tnuer tint uuan't liliek
agreed between US that wo
; tune, 11 us uigu 10 oue o ciock ueioic
I wc reached the flvinir-triouud ; aud
lucky enough U was thai we came up at
tue inueuiicuy 01 tue moment, ur me
pcoplo were beginning to get tired,
and the two factions of the Kellva
' i I.':... l.. I- :
! np a tate of a fight to divart theiu-
selves till theflyinff should berrin.
5.. tr
ery tace was turned up to eaze
: at him. I thought myself, that the
1 tower never seemed such a murtherin
1 height as when I looked at the noor
bouchal standing upon tho tip-top j
o I - ivj,
einnoaa iinnntitiarnAr) aa an s,1A
uvvuv waaw vuv w uv tao au UU1U
i " . "apping nis wings
fur a Uight. At last, by his motions, i
we 3awr Le 'was preparing to be off in
'airnest; the men held their breath
' hard, and tho women, poor, tinder -
rybody thought it was all over with
him ; but when we ran to pick him np,
we found him lying on his back
not kilt all out moaning and groan-
ing most pitifully. Well, we took
the bed, and with the fire dancing in
his eyes, says he, "Doctor, jewel, how
long will it be before I'm cured a-
gain i '
"Really," says the doctor, "I can't
possibly take upon me to predicate
precisely. It is a bad case,and I don't
apprehend that you can be perfectly
recovered before three months."
"Three months 1 Oh, tare and a
gersl what am I to do? Three
months just when I had found it
out."
"Found what out, Felix avournccn?"
said his mother, who was sitting by
his bedside.
"The cause of ray falling to-day.
mother. The wings were right, but I
forgot 0E thing."
"And what was tliat, Felix ?"
" means cvine on me ouia towr ai me loui ui 1 ,. ;n . ....
to ; and stiues on the musl iileffiiril and oermauexil .
IN 1S13....WIIOLE NO., e65.
Yeak, always is Auvavcr.
-The tail, mother if I hadn't for
got my tail. I could have fiowa to A
merikey and back again."
Felix, lifter his recovery, censtrtjet
ed wings and tails on various princi
ples, but was unable to bring any of
them tu full perfection. His repeat' !
disappointments, did not, however,
ter him from his object. His mind be
came absorbed in the single iden f
perfecting his embryo invention. He
grew moody and abstracted neglec
ted his trade, and wandered from
house to house without any settled ob
ject ia short he became a confirmed
j monomiac, U Loin
rji;.. vM lOIR
; 4ud ,Bar 10JO
j Has not Wu as fruitful cf wars, si igen,
; j.t.,ries, defeats, and evolution as many
. ' '
j Pr,!V",n Ja 'hat may .tter more gau
dily aloujf the paes of hist'iry ; but it wii!
ever be memorable fur it-t many striking
intancs of peaceful progress for its un
mistakable iodieatir.n of beightuning and
! ."' ,.ju iu .nc norm.
. 1 y..rnnMn m ; ,
' J
gurated the grand, peaceful and enlighten
ed principle of immunity for neutral pro
perty on the seas, and the abolition of pri
vateering, as part f the law of nations.
This principle leads directly and speedily
to the exemption of private property, every
where by land and sea, from tbe destruc
tive force of war. And this will be a
long reach towards the day when the "na
tions shall beat their swords into pruning.
Looks." lo Turkey, the Sultan has not
only equalised the righw of Christians
with his other eurjecw, but pnblioly asso
ciated himself with the festivities of Chris
tians. Some of the ltabary powers have
made movements toward tho abolition of
slavery. Railroads have been projected
aud begun in Spain, Italy, and Souia
America. The Caar Alexander baa initla
ted a system of wholesale encouragement
for all tbe arts ef peace iu Russia. Mex
ico, under the wise and liberal Presidency
of Oomrafirrt, has begun to La relieved
from tbe exhausting inoubus of Cbnrch
land monopoly. England and Australia
have been cuuueoted by a regular steam
ship commuuieatioo. The English min
istry baa favored the introduction of life
peerage, a sure bodtment of the coming
annihilation of hereditary nobility and
aristocracy in Great Britain. A Parlia
ment has been opened at Cape Town, ia
South Africa, and a free trade Congress
has been held at Brussels. Facts like
these occurred ail over the world in tbe
year 1S56, with unexampled profusion.
The future historian, like Hallam or Ban
croft, who loves to dwell upon the glories
of alvanoing eivilixation and Christianity,
will linger with delight upon the quiet
but geueral benignities and industr
this year.
Oue of the most remarkable and raem
rable distinctions oC this year is the
tanenus, enthusiastic, and victorious s
ganization ef Free Soil Republicanism
to a great national party. This evi.r U -
turning point in our country's hi.-ry. It
;3 4..: i ... l ,
-- J -" f ta ' i ' j a .
; A ; . . . .
k uvatiueu iu nrea& up oja parties ri:sa
j A IUCI iU3.II fl'lUll? Bit I SlHICOJ HUL 1 " SO a
: iftler level, c .rr.et the aberration of a
i &DetU now P"S y. nd re-con
; , " Lmon '03nSaJ
1 PurPus(;3 of funeral jusnee, welfare, and
us-i nut utrau a lanaiui ijoi to tae slava
Power. He was a slaveholder, aud bis
nomination was not fit to be made or con
firmed, but be disappointed the hopes of
all, and bis brief administration was the
only green spot iu the sad history of peli
cal aggression."
Taylor was a good and brave man. fie
bad the intentiop to da what was right,
and be bad the invincible courage neces
sary to carry out his intentions. He had
not, like Caleb Curbing, learning enough
to defend evil actions, nor bad be worldly
wisdom enough lo dodge.shufile and oring .
and always keep on tbe winning side. Had
he lived, the people would have hal am
ple reason to thank Ood that he bad not
learning sufficient to make him dsfi
eounsel, nor political knowledge enough to
make him ambitious, crafty, undermining,
intriguiug, corrupt and mendacious.
How thev Voiid. The New York
Tribune says :
" Every singlo vote at and about tbe
Jesuit College at Forduani, from the ohit f
priest to tbe boot black, was dragged out
and polled for Buchanan and Slavery."
jr A man who avoids matrimony oa
account of the eirrs of weddeJ life, is co
pared to oue wbo would amputate a '
save his toes from corns.
The Mississippi rivr cl -v
ton, oa SuaJ'y cilt W
the simple ichsbi-